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March 29th 07, 09:24 AM
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External wireless Card in Vista Ultimate
Hi, when i plug my external wireless card into my laptop running Vista
Ultimate, it does nothing and i cannot install any other devices. When i unplug the card it then comes up and says that it is being installed but it obviously fails as i removed it. Also i cannot start or shutdown windows with it plugged in. 
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March 29th 07, 10:03 AM
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External wireless Card in Vista Ultimate
Wireless card - manufacturer? model #? Hardware rev?
Laptop model and manufacturer? 32 or 64 bit Vista? On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:24:00 -0700, ajmorris wrote: Hi, when i plug my external wireless card into my laptop running Vista Ultimate, it does nothing and i cannot install any other devices. When i unplug the card it then comes up and says that it is being installed but it obviously fails as i removed it. Also i cannot start or shutdown windows with it plugged in. -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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March 29th 07, 11:00 PM
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External wireless Card in Vista Ultimate
32 bit Vista. Toshiba Satellite 1130 laptop. Linksys Network PC Card Ver.3.
Model #: WPC11 ver.3. "Barb Bowman" wrote: Wireless card - manufacturer? model #? Hardware rev? Laptop model and manufacturer? 32 or 64 bit Vista? On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:24:00 -0700, ajmorris wrote: Hi, when i plug my external wireless card into my laptop running Vista Ultimate, it does nothing and i cannot install any other devices. When i unplug the card it then comes up and says that it is being installed but it obviously fails as i removed it. Also i cannot start or shutdown windows with it plugged in. -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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March 30th 07, 09:34 AM
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External wireless Card in Vista Ultimate
Unfortunately that card is not supported under Vista. It has the
PRISM chipset and there are no built in drivers. The 4 year old XP drivers are not compatible with Vista either. On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:00:01 -0700, ajmorris wrote: 32 bit Vista. Toshiba Satellite 1130 laptop. Linksys Network PC Card Ver.3. Model #: WPC11 ver.3. "Barb Bowman" wrote: Wireless card - manufacturer? model #? Hardware rev? Laptop model and manufacturer? 32 or 64 bit Vista? On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:24:00 -0700, ajmorris wrote: Hi, when i plug my external wireless card into my laptop running Vista Ultimate, it does nothing and i cannot install any other devices. When i unplug the card it then comes up and says that it is being installed but it obviously fails as i removed it. Also i cannot start or shutdown windows with it plugged in. -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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