Sunday, November 16, 2008

NetGear wireless issue - windows cannot find wireless network

One of my laptops are pretty old and having no built in wireless Lan, so i bought one USB NetGear wireless lan adaptor, and when installed it in my laptop.

then i experienced a problem like the netgear utility is not smart enough to enumerate all the wireless networks nearby. and it sounds not good for me. and it denies the windows to enumerate wireless networks. ( windows network finder is easy and hassle free, so i prefer that)

How can we enable windows to enable the wireless networks ?

Enable the windows service named Wireless Zero Configuration, go to control panel>Administrative Tools>Services and find Wireless Zero configuration service, and start it.

or Run services.msc to reach in to services in an easier way!