Re: Windows Zero Config? Why is it there!?

Jefferis NoSpamme <jefferisp7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just solved my constant disconnects by turning off Windows Zero
> Configuration. It must have gotten turned back on with a driver reinstall or
> something. Why the heck is that thing even there. All it does is make it
> impossible to reconnect to existing wireless connections! ?

With Windows XP - SP2, I don't install the manufacturers utiltiies or
drivers. I only use the Windows WZC. No need to load anything else, and
then there are no conflicts. Before the proper drivers were available,
then you needed to cobble in the various hooks and clients, and know how to
deal with different ones. Now they all look the same.

On my personal laptop, I added Boingo to manage some IP addresses that WZC
doesn't handle, but I only start that when I need it, and it neatly shuts
down WZC. NetStumbler neatly shuts off WZC and restores it when finished.

Your driver isn't current enough. Probably not WinXP certified, but you
ignored that warning when you installed it.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

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