i have a laptop a hp laptop with windows vista and it wont connect to the
home wireless network, i have had this laptop for 5 months and never had a
problem before, we went away for 2 months and came back and now it wont
connect, it can see the network and the strength of signal just wont connect,

there is another laptop that running xp that has no trouble connecting,

any ideas

If assigning static IP, can you access the network? Or this search result may help,

Vista Wireless IssuesVista: Common Problems with 802.11 Wireless ... Inability to Connect and the wireless doesn’t receive the single. 1) It could be the Wireless adapter driver ...
http://www.wifimvp.com/vistawireless.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Darrel" wrote in message ...
i have a laptop a hp laptop with windows vista and it wont connect to the
home wireless network, i have had this laptop for 5 months and never had a
problem before, we went away for 2 months and came back and now it wont
connect, it can see the network and the strength of signal just wont connect,

there is another laptop that running xp that has no trouble connecting,

any ideas

Is it giving you a reason why it won't connect? Are you using any kind of
encryption? If so, what kind?

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"Darrel" wrote in message
...
i have a laptop a hp laptop with windows vista and it wont connect to the
home wireless network, i have had this laptop for 5 months and never had a
problem before, we went away for 2 months and came back and now it wont
connect, it can see the network and the strength of signal just wont
connect,

there is another laptop that running xp that has no trouble connecting,

any ideas