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Article #736Re: Thinkpad A22p, Orinoco silver, and A22p
From: Donkey Agony
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:03
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:03
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"richard j. boris" wrote: > > But there is a problem -- of sorts. Under Control Panel, > > Network Connections, it shows the wireless connection, > > but says it is "unavailable". > 1.. Remove ORiNOCO Utilities through Add or Remove Programs > in Control Panel. > > 2.. Uninstall the ORiNOCO card using Device Manager. To open > Device Manager, click Start, and then click Control Panel. > Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. On > the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. > > 3.. Reinstall the drivers to redetect the card through Scan > for hardware changes in Device Manager or by restarting > Windows XP. Thank you Richard. Uninstalling the utils *and* the device, then scanning for hardware changes did it (restarting didn't work -- it gave me the same problem). It took some playing around, but it finally took and all is working correctly. The key thing -- apparently -- is not to install the Orinoco utils and drivers, and to let XP configure the wireless network settings. Thanks again -- I had been pulling my hair on this one! :) /da
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