Is there a Wireless WPA Security patch for Windows XP Pro???

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I was wondering if there is a Windows patch to update Windows XP Pro
without installing SP2? If so, how can I get it?

Last time I installed SP2 it crashed my Thinkpad, so am very reluctant
to try installing it again.

Thanks for any assistance.

Jim
 
Jim said:
I was wondering if there is a Windows patch to update Windows XP Pro
without installing SP2? If so, how can I get it?

Last time I installed SP2 it crashed my Thinkpad, so am very reluctant
to try installing it again.

Thanks for any assistance.
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See the following articles:

Overview of the WPA wireless security update in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815485

Wireless update rollup package for Windows XP is available
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826942

Note that the update package does require XP SP1.
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Dear Tom;

Thank you very much, just what I was looking for. Could you help me
with another problem?

I have a wireless router hookup in the home, but did not have wireless
security enabled. Our home network is say "homenetwork". Well, last
night I went to Explorer:

MY NETWORK PLACES
ENTIRE NETWORK
MICROSOFT WINDOWS NETWORK

and much to my surprise in addition to HOMENETWORK someone had
installed another network there, and I'm assuming they did this via
the Router or the Wireless Access Point I have connected to the home
network via ethernet cable.

Anyway, I tried to delete the rogue network and it told me ACCESS
DENIED.

I then disabled the wireless card on my laptop, and the rogue network
disappeared, so I assume someone used one of the wireless access
points to set up this network somehow.

Anyway, I'm going to set up wireless security now, but was wondering
if it should happen again, under XP Pro, how would one delete or
disable or track down the rogue network?

We are in the aftermath of Katrina and I suspect some knowledgeable
person found my router or WAP and jumped right in.

Thanks,

Jim
 
Tom;

I installed the update but it did not do the job, so bit the bullet
and installed SP2 again, and apparently so far there are no issues
like the first time I tried it when it first came out.

Anyway, the network is now secured using WEP, but I am still wondering
how to use the more secure WAP shared. Can you point me in the right
direction on how to use this mode?

Thanks,

Jim
 
Make sure you have an Access point that uses WPA security. Also make sure
your WLAN drivers support WPA.

Basically, set the passkey on your Access point using WPA security. Then
enter that same passkey on the Windows XP machine (similar to using WEP).
 
Jim said:
Tom;

I installed the update but it did not do the job, so bit the bullet
and installed SP2 again, and apparently so far there are no issues
like the first time I tried it when it first came out.

Anyway, the network is now secured using WEP, but I am still wondering
how to use the more secure WAP shared. Can you point me in the right
direction on how to use this mode?
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Barb Bowman's article at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_03july28.mspx
is a good place to start.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
 
I have a wireless router hookup in the home, but did not have wireless
security enabled. Our home network is say "homenetwork". Well, last
night I went to Explorer:

MY NETWORK PLACES
ENTIRE NETWORK
MICROSOFT WINDOWS NETWORK

and much to my surprise in addition to HOMENETWORK someone had
installed another network there, and I'm assuming they did this via
the Router or the Wireless Access Point I have connected to the home
network via ethernet cable.

Anyway, I tried to delete the rogue network and it told me ACCESS
DENIED.

I then disabled the wireless card on my laptop, and the rogue network
disappeared, so I assume someone used one of the wireless access
points to set up this network somehow.

Anyway, I'm going to set up wireless security now, but was wondering
if it should happen again, under XP Pro, how would one delete or
disable or track down the rogue network?
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I suspect you could no longer delete it because it no longer existed, it
had been disconnected. As you saw, removing the wireless card was enough
to get rid of the entry from network places. To prevent this in the
future, keep your wireless network secured, which of course you are already
working on doing.
 
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