That problem with your Compaq is the reason why this is a Thinkpad site. Compaq no longer provides driver updates for the Windows 2000 computers, but that is likely where the problem lies... an old or improperly functioning driver. You may require a complete reinstall... or a driver update from one of the paid driver sites.
________ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old. . . . . . . . . . Will Rogers On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Bernard Chan <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry, my problem does not directly relate to thinkpads, but I've run of > ideas on my problem so I am requesting the advice from the experts on this > list. I have several PCs in a wireless network at home, my son and I are > using XP on two thinkpads, my wife is using Win2000 on a compaq laptop. My > wife connects to the network with a USB adapter. The adapter installs > properly, but after using the adapter for the first time she can not get > access to the LAN without first disabling the network card then > re-enablingit. The connection will now work fine until next reboot, > after which she > needs to disable and re-enable the card before it works again. We are > tired > of this endless disabling/re-enabling. Is there any reason why it is so > cumbersome to connect her machine? Thanks. > > -- > > Kind regards, > > Bernard Chan > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
