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Disabling Wireless Connection On Shutdown
I am using WIndows XP and I have a Wireless LAN network. I do not
intend to connect to internet, everytime I login. I was suggested before to disable the wireless connection to disconnect from the network. However, sometimes I forgot to disable the wireless connection manually before I reboot/shutdown, and in the next login, my computer is still connected. I did some search. I found that it was suggested to use a script under computer policy during shutdown, something like: net stop "Network Connections" However, this script does not stop the Network Connection to start during login. In addition, even if I disable Network Connections service, my wireless lan connection is still active. The only way I could stop the wireless connection to function is to disable DHCP service. But, then I do not know how to turn the service on with a script or command line. I need to go to services.msc and manually start the DHCP service. In brief, is there a script or task that I could use to disable the wireless network connection before reboot/shutdown? Thanks. |
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In brief, is there a script or task that I could use to disable the wireless network connection before reboot/shutdown? Disable the wireless function of the router in the router setup screen. |
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Thank you for your replies.
I forgot to mention I am using SP1. SP2 caused too many problems. I do not use Wireless Zero Configuration. It keeps disconnecting. Even if I did, I do not see any "Disconnect" on the WZC. I only have the Disable option on the Wireless Network Connection. I do not see the "Connect when this network is in range", on the Wireless Zero Configuration. Could not I have a script call to netshell to disable the network? I just want to automatically disable the network card during shutdown. |
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Disabling Wireless Connection On Shutdown
Perfect. Devcon does what I intend to. I appreciated a lot.
I have been trying to figure this out for quite a while. Yes, you can use gpedit.msc and create a script under shutdown. I used "net stop netman", but network connection was still active. I do not use the power saving mode on the network card. It has continuous access. There are many reasons pointed for WZC disfunctioning, I followed maybe 10 suggestions, yet could not fix it. I wished I had an operating system that would be robust. I did not know if I would ever be able to put my PC together for SP2. In addition, Microsoft still issues security patches. With SP2, I still need to add the patches. Thanks a lot for your help. I am guessing there should be a way to disable windows to enumerate a particular device during login, too. That would work too and be slightly faster. |
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