After installing SP3, my laptop is no longer connecting automatically to my wireless router after waking. Prior to SP3, it worked flawlessly every time. Now, I have to open the View Wireless Connections window, click on my network (which still shows up as the default) and then click connect. Once this has been done, the connection is established and everything is good until the next time.

While not catastrophic, it is,none-the-less, very annoying. Any suggestions as to what might be wrong and what I can try?

I'm not sure I follow what you're saying exactly, but it might be a new security thing. Are you requiring a secure connection to your wireless network using WEP or WPA keys?

If you're connecting to what Windows considers an "unsecured network" it might be forcing you to "OK" the connection each time. I haven't heard of this being the case, but it was just a thought.

By the way SOMEONE will post and tell you that you will have better success posting this in the Networking forum. Not me, but Simone will! :)

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SP3 installs a new version of wlanapi.dll that has been causing problems with *some* wireless cards.

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Musky: my connection was and is encrypted, just as it was before installing SP3. I've not explicitly changed any configuration parameter in the wireless connection. SP3 (and whatever it installs) is the *ONLY* change made. Before SP3, wireless connection established automatically upon waking. After SP3, wireless connection requires me to manually click the Connect button for my network on the View Wireless Networks window.

jam: thanks for the info. I'll look into that.

Hi I had the same probelm with my desktop and my d-link modem router. however i've just fixed it by
1) Open internet browser and type in the ip address for your router this should take you to the setup.

2)In the "wireless setup" section I changed security mode to "auto (WAP or WAP2)" and in the box marked "WAP MODE" I selected "personal"

3) Applied the settings. and did a reboot of the router.

4) what happend next, (the same my not happen to you but..)
at first this caused problem with windows live messenger, and then my internet went off, but with another router reboot followed by physical reboot the on and off switch, all is fine. A system error occorred on my pc, and it just rebooted.

Everything now works fine and no need to use the View wirless Network window.

Hope this works for you as well,

Jonathan

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