#2 Automatically connect to wireless on bootup

To Barb, I followed your advice and here is the new thread with my problem of
automatically connecting wireless on boot-up. As I mentioned in the previous
thread, I borrowed another notebook which happened to have XP. It booted up
and found the wireless connection right off and worked beautifully. I did it
a couple of times and each time with success.

You asked for the results of the ipconfig/all before I format the HD. Here
it is:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Kathleen&Norm>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NormsToy
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.invalid

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network
Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D2-2E-25-87
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9847:a675:c39:ab76%17(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.171.118(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 335550930
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-D1-65-BC-85
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::196b:6a35:affd:4093%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.66(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : November-07-07 9:11:05 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : November-10-07 12:30:58 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184590545
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4136:e38e:4c4:96a:3f57:febd(Prefer
red)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4c4:96a:3f57:febd%9(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:169.254.171.118%23(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.phub.net.cable.rogers.com
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.domain.invalid
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.66%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Kathleen&Norm>

I am getting my original disks of programs together but I won't be able to
do the formatting and reinstall for a couple of days - other things get in
the way! We have a long weekend this weekend, so Monday may be the best time.

If I should do anything else before formatting, please let me know. Thank
you so much for your direction.

Norm.

OK. I still think that given the malware issue and the uncertain
state of your computer, it is time to format.

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:34:01 -0800, Norm75
<Norm75@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>To Barb, I followed your advice and here is the new thread with my problem of
>automatically connecting wireless on boot-up. As I mentioned in the previous
>thread, I borrowed another notebook which happened to have XP. It booted up
>and found the wireless connection right off and worked beautifully. I did it
>a couple of times and each time with success.
>
>You asked for the results of the ipconfig/all before I format the HD. Here
>it is:
>
>Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
>Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>C:\Users\Kathleen&Norm>ipconfig/all
>
>Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NormsToy
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.invalid
>
>Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network
>Con
>nection
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D2-2E-25-87
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9847:a675:c39:ab76%17(Preferred)
> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.171.118(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 335550930
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
> fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
> fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-D1-65-BC-85
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::196b:6a35:affd:4093%8(Preferred)
> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.66(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : November-07-07 9:11:05 AM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : November-10-07 12:30:58 PM
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184590545
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> 192.168.1.254
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
>2001:0:4136:e38e:4c4:96a:3f57:febd(Prefer
>red)
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4c4:96a:3f57:febd%9(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
>fe80::5efe:169.254.171.118%23(Preferred)
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
> fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
> fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.phub.net.cable.rogers.com
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.domain.invalid
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.66%16(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> 192.168.1.254
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>C:\Users\Kathleen&Norm>
>
>I am getting my original disks of programs together but I won't be able to
>do the formatting and reinstall for a couple of days - other things get in
>the way! We have a long weekend this weekend, so Monday may be the best time.
>
>If I should do anything else before formatting, please let me know. Thank
>you so much for your direction.
>
>Norm.

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

To Barb, it's taken this long but I called Toshiba (computer is under
warranty) and took it into an authorized place here in Vancouver. They found
that the wireless card was faulty. Hope to get it back tomorrow.

I still want to format the hard drive as I feel I may have caused some
problems with Vista OS during my trying to solve the problem. Have cleared
all the data and app. progrmas. Have the recovery disks so hopefully it will
go OK. I tried earlier to format but Vista wouldn't let me. Will give it
another try on the weekend. Is there a "secret" to formatting with Vista?

Thanks again for all your earlier help.

Norm.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> OK. I still think that given the malware issue and the uncertain
> state of your computer, it is time to format.
>
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:34:01 -0800, Norm75
> <Norm75@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

typically you boot from the recovery disk and it should ask you if
you want to reinstall your apps or install clean. do you get a
choice? what do you see?



On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:29:00 -0800, Norm75
<Norm75@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>To Barb, it's taken this long but I called Toshiba (computer is under
>warranty) and took it into an authorized place here in Vancouver. They found
>that the wireless card was faulty. Hope to get it back tomorrow.
>
>I still want to format the hard drive as I feel I may have caused some
>problems with Vista OS during my trying to solve the problem. Have cleared
>all the data and app. progrmas. Have the recovery disks so hopefully it will
>go OK. I tried earlier to format but Vista wouldn't let me. Will give it
>another try on the weekend. Is there a "secret" to formatting with Vista?
>
>Thanks again for all your earlier help.
>
>Norm.
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/