Wireless XP problem cropped up all of a sudden

I am running an IBM THinkpad R40 and never had a problem until
I went to a Holiday Inn and could not connect to the internet,
and their "expert" came in and made some changes to XP that allowed
me to finally connect to their network. I had not tried any wireless
connections since then, until last weekend. Now I can't even access
my wireless router or wireless access point, which I rarely use.


Recently, when I try to access a wireless access point, and all the
hardware and drivers have been updated and checked, I get the
folloowing error message:

"Find Wireless Networks" is disabled. Contact you Network
Administrator.


I am the Network Administrator, and have no idea where to go to
enable this feature. I suspect it is one of the network parts
in control panel, but I can find nothing which will do this.

Can anyone advise this network novice where to look in XP?

On Tue, 12 May 2009 20:18:57 -0500, Jim wrote:

I am running an IBM THinkpad R40 and never had a problem until
I went to a Holiday Inn and could not connect to the internet,
and their "expert" came in and made some changes to XP that allowed
me to finally connect to their network. I had not tried any wireless
connections since then, until last weekend. Now I can't even access
my wireless router or wireless access point, which I rarely use.


Recently, when I try to access a wireless access point, and all the
hardware and drivers have been updated and checked, I get the
folloowing error message:

"Find Wireless Networks" is disabled. Contact you Network
Administrator.


I am the Network Administrator, and have no idea where to go to
enable this feature. I suspect it is one of the network parts
in control panel, but I can find nothing which will do this.

Can anyone advise this network novice where to look in XP?


I googled your error message.

Try http://tinyurl.com/3mke6 - the first entry seems to give an
answer.
Try it, and let us know . . . . .

_________________________
John
_________________________

"God is dead"
-- Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Nietzsche is dead"
-- God

On Tue, 12 May 2009 20:18:57 -0500, Jim wrote:

I am running an IBM THinkpad R40 and never had a problem until
I went to a Holiday Inn and could not connect to the internet,
and their "expert" came in and made some changes to XP that allowed
me to finally connect to their network. I had not tried any wireless
connections since then, until last weekend. Now I can't even access
my wireless router or wireless access point, which I rarely use.


Recently, when I try to access a wireless access point, and all the
hardware and drivers have been updated and checked, I get the
folloowing error message:

"Find Wireless Networks" is disabled. Contact you Network
Administrator.


I am the Network Administrator, and have no idea where to go to
enable this feature. I suspect it is one of the network parts
in control panel, but I can find nothing which will do this.

Can anyone advise this network novice where to look in XP?


I googled your error message.

Try http://tinyurl.com/3mke6 - the first entry seems to give an
answer.
Try it, and let us know . . . . .

_________________________
John
_________________________

"God is dead"
-- Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Nietzsche is dead"
-- God

The TINYURL just gave me the Google front page.

I tried a search and found one that suggested I UNINSTALL and then
REINSTALL the THINKVANTAGE application. Well, of all things, it
worked just fine.

Also, before I did this, I checked ALLOW WINDOWS TO HANDLE WIRELESS
CONNECTIONS in the WIreless Networks Tab, and it allowed me to access
using the built-in Windows XP wireless handler, and it worked OK.


Thanks for the help.

Jim






On Tue, 12 May 2009 21:31:29 -0400, johnn wrote:

On Tue, 12 May 2009 20:18:57 -0500, Jim wrote:

I am running an IBM THinkpad R40 and never had a problem until
I went to a Holiday Inn and could not connect to the internet,
and their "expert" came in and made some changes to XP that allowed
me to finally connect to their network. I had not tried any wireless
connections since then, until last weekend. Now I can't even access
my wireless router or wireless access point, which I rarely use.


Recently, when I try to access a wireless access point, and all the
hardware and drivers have been updated and checked, I get the
folloowing error message:

"Find Wireless Networks" is disabled. Contact you Network
Administrator.


I am the Network Administrator, and have no idea where to go to
enable this feature. I suspect it is one of the network parts
in control panel, but I can find nothing which will do this.

Can anyone advise this network novice where to look in XP?


I googled your error message.

Try http://tinyurl.com/3mke6 - the first entry seems to give an
answer.
Try it, and let us know . . . . .

_________________________
John
_________________________

"God is dead"
-- Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Nietzsche is dead"
-- God

The TINYURL just gave me the Google front page.

I tried a search and found one that suggested I UNINSTALL and then
REINSTALL the THINKVANTAGE application. Well, of all things, it
worked just fine.

Also, before I did this, I checked ALLOW WINDOWS TO HANDLE WIRELESS
CONNECTIONS in the WIreless Networks Tab, and it allowed me to access
using the built-in Windows XP wireless handler, and it worked OK.


Thanks for the help.

Jim






On Tue, 12 May 2009 21:31:29 -0400, johnn wrote:

On Tue, 12 May 2009 20:18:57 -0500, Jim wrote:

I am running an IBM THinkpad R40 and never had a problem until
I went to a Holiday Inn and could not connect to the internet,
and their "expert" came in and made some changes to XP that allowed
me to finally connect to their network. I had not tried any wireless
connections since then, until last weekend. Now I can't even access
my wireless router or wireless access point, which I rarely use.


Recently, when I try to access a wireless access point, and all the
hardware and drivers have been updated and checked, I get the
folloowing error message:

"Find Wireless Networks" is disabled. Contact you Network
Administrator.


I am the Network Administrator, and have no idea where to go to
enable this feature. I suspect it is one of the network parts
in control panel, but I can find nothing which will do this.

Can anyone advise this network novice where to look in XP?


I googled your error message.

Try http://tinyurl.com/3mke6 - the first entry seems to give an
answer.
Try it, and let us know . . . . .

_________________________
John
_________________________

"God is dead"
-- Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Nietzsche is dead"
-- God

On Tue, 12 May 2009 22:36:23 -0500, Jim wrote:

The TINYURL just gave me the Google front page.

You're right - I certainly screwed up there . . . . .

Glad you've got it resolved!

_________________________
John
_________________________

"God is dead"
-- Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Nietzsche is dead"
-- God

On Tue, 12 May 2009 22:36:23 -0500, Jim wrote:

The TINYURL just gave me the Google front page.

You're right - I certainly screwed up there . . . . .

Glad you've got it resolved!

_________________________
John
_________________________

"God is dead"
-- Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Nietzsche is dead"
-- God