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
> <ajmorris@discussions.microsoft.com> 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/
>

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
<ajmorris@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
>> <ajmorris@discussions.microsoft.com> 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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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

looking wireless adaptor for 64 bit Vista ultimate.
At the moment have a Dell 1450 wireless adapter put no compatable driver?
Is there one?