You said Win XP in the other thread but no info on SP level of XP. If you're not at SP2, get there. Before SP2 I had frequent crashes of Explorer whenever I used the new style Start menu. And SP2 has much better support for wireless.
If you are at SP2, and your wireless card supports it, you want to use XP's built-in ability to configure wireless instead of than the software that came with the wireless card. At the same time, remove or disable the software that came with the wireless card. Sometimes removal of such software will remove wireless drivers as well, and you still need those, so disabling the software via Autoruns (sysinternals.com) is the safer step, and allows you to easily reverse the change should there be problems with XP's configuration. You always want to be running the latest wireless drivers available from the manufacturer. If you're running the software that came in the box or haven't looked for updated drivers in a while, check on that. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eve Golden Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 10:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Hard/Soft: Wireless connections, question 2 Here's my second question. For quite a while now I've had intermittent shutdowns of my wireless connection, which for years worked perfectly. I've ruled out local interference and obvious software conflicts. It's been very frustrating and hard on my work life. I've written to the list about this several times over the years, but we've never been able to figure it out. Now I believe that I HAVE figured it out, but I don't know what to do about it. It appears that the shutdown is caused by periodic but invisible crashes in explorer.exe, especially the module of it called Connections Tray. The reason I think this is because every time the wireless problem occurs, the computer refuses to shut down because Explorer.exe and/or Connections Tray are not responding. They have to be closed forcibly and the computer rebooted to get things to work again. I have disabled the connections tray icons, but the crashes still happen. After realizing this I searched the archives of this list and found nothing. I also googled it, and found that it an *extremely* common problem. Many people have reported it, but no one has posted a solution. I've tried running the computer in safe mode, which seems to help some, but that is impossible as a longterm solution, not least because you can't run antivirus software. I've taken everything I can out of startup, but this hasn't prevented whatever is bothering Explorer. exe. Do any of you have any ideas about this? Thanks -- -- Eve -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
