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dell inspiron 640m xp home wireless driver

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denis93

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Posted December 2, 2012 at 10:50PM

my sister has bought the above laptop second hand,some one had put 7 in it,so i removed windows 7 ,unfortunately they have removed the back up recovery from the hard drive,so i put in windows xp home as that is what it was built for,my question is i know this is a wireless laptop,what drivers do i need to install to get wireless internet on it please?

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retep888™

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Posted December 2, 2012 at 11:22PM

I think this is the one you're looking for click here

Or you can plug in an ethernet cable & let Windows update take care of the appropriate wireless card driver click here for the ethernet driver if it's not installed ( download the drivers via a working PC onto a USB)

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denis93

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Posted December 2, 2012 at 11:54PM

thanks ill try that

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denis93

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 2:49PM

retep888,got the wired intenet working,then put intel proset wireless in it,it found my hub,asked me to put device ownership password in,when i try to type in the box the laptop beeps,so i put the password in notepad copy and pasted it in and still it wont connect,is there some other program i could use,or can you tell me what i am doing wrong please?

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onthelimit1

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 3:00PM

'asked me to put device ownership in'

Are you sure you are putting in the correct code? Should be on the router as 'wireless key', or similar.

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denis93

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 3:09PM

onthelimit1 yes im sure,i put in my hub password,the same as im using on this laptop,its a head scratcher

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 3:29PM

check what level of security you are set for (wpa2) perhaps the old card in the laptop cannot use it.

Also check what level frequency being used make sure router can be seen by old card if broadcasting on n make sure router also broadcasts on g so old card can pivk up the wireless signal

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denis93

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 3:41PM

as soon as i put the password in a box pops up titled wi-fi protected setup wizard,in it,it says checksum validation failed for pin entered.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 3:47PM

  1. Click "Profiles..." -> click "Add..." to create WiFi Profile.

  2. Enter a name in the "Profile Name" box.

  3. Enter the wireless network name(eg. SSID). click "Next..."

  4. Enter the password of the network to finish configuring.

  5. Click "Connect..."

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denis93

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 4:14PM

fruit bat when i get to security settings,its at personal security,set at none,in the big box it says note:there is no security on this network. the button at the bottom that says NEXT is grayed out.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted December 3, 2012 at 7:05PM

I assume you have security on your home router?

We could go at this a different way :

turn off Intel PROset and let Windows manage the wireless connection.

When in the Intel PROset menu, click on Advanced, then click on "Let windows manage your wireless set-up."

Alternatively, you may be able totoggle between the two software by pressing F10.

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