SP2 killed wireless connection

[Andrew Chalk]

I have a desktop connected to other machines in the office via a Netgear
802.11a wireless network. The host is running XP and the network connection
was working fine. I installed XP SP2 and now the wireless network has
serious problems.

1) The card can connect to the wireless access point;
2) The host can get an address frm the DHCP server on the network (sometimes
with a delay);
3) Network neighbourhood can find all the hosts in the workgroup;
4) When I try to connect to any of these hosts I cannot do so and get a
message "You may not have permission..." from Windows;
5) If I run IE it cannot access any Internet sites.

As I say, the only change is the addition of SP2.

Has anyone else seen anything like this?

Any idea how to fix it?

Many thanks.

[Hans-Georg Michna]

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:10:21 -0500, "Andrew Chalk"
> wrote:

>I have a desktop connected to other machines in the office via a Netgear
>802.11a wireless network. The host is running XP and the network connection
>was working fine. I installed XP SP2 and now the wireless network has
>serious problems.
>
>1) The card can connect to the wireless access point;
>2) The host can get an address frm the DHCP server on the network (sometimes
>with a delay);
>3) Network neighbourhood can find all the hosts in the workgroup;
>4) When I try to connect to any of these hosts I cannot do so and get a
>message "You may not have permission..." from Windows;
>5) If I run IE it cannot access any Internet sites.
>
>As I say, the only change is the addition of SP2.

Andrew,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm,
particularly the repair procedures.

Please don't crosspost too widely. If you can read
news:microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web, set a followup to
only that group in your next message.

Hans-Georg

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[Andrew Chalk]

Thanks! That was very useful. I was one of those people getting the "not
fully connected..." message that is "still being investigated". I solved
the problem by replacing the use of the wireless configuration app. that
came with the Netgear card with the built-in XP configuration app. ("Let
Windows Configure this Wireless Network").

Regards,

Andrew
"Hans-Georg Michna" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:10:21 -0500, "Andrew Chalk"
> > wrote:
>
> >I have a desktop connected to other machines in the office via a Netgear
> >802.11a wireless network. The host is running XP and the network
connection
> >was working fine. I installed XP SP2 and now the wireless network has
> >serious problems.
> >
> >1) The card can connect to the wireless access point;
> >2) The host can get an address frm the DHCP server on the network
(sometimes
> >with a delay);
> >3) Network neighbourhood can find all the hosts in the workgroup;
> >4) When I try to connect to any of these hosts I cannot do so and get a
> >message "You may not have permission..." from Windows;
> >5) If I run IE it cannot access any Internet sites.
> >
> >As I say, the only change is the addition of SP2.
>
> Andrew,
>
> please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm,
> particularly the repair procedures.
>
> Please don't crosspost too widely. If you can read
> news:microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web, set a followup to
> only that group in your next message.
>
> Hans-Georg
>
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> No mail, please.

[Hans-Georg Michna]

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:06:50 -0500, "Andrew Chalk"
> wrote:

>Thanks! That was very useful. I was one of those people getting the "not
>fully connected..." message that is "still being investigated". I solved
>the problem by replacing the use of the wireless configuration app. that
>came with the Netgear card with the built-in XP configuration app. ("Let
>Windows Configure this Wireless Network").

Andrew,

thanks for reporting back.

Hans-Georg

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