"wireless connection unavailable" notification won't go away

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c said:
I already read 810020,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810020&Product=WinXP

but this one seems to be focused on computers that were shut down or
hibernating.

Mine was never shut down or hibernating. A wireless network became
available, then it went away, and now I can't get XP to stop popping
up the beige bubble that says "wireless connection unavailable", in
the bottom right corner.

What can I do?

chris
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Make sure your preferred connection is in the Preferred connections
window and remove all others in that window. Then uncheck the box
Automatically connect to non-preferred networks. in the Advanced button
in Wireless Networks tab.

Q [I suppose there is logic in the layout of the networking dialogs, but
it escapes me]
 
Quaoar said:
c said:
I already read 810020,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810020&Product=WinXP

but this one seems to be focused on computers that were shut down or
hibernating.

Mine was never shut down or hibernating. A wireless network became
available, then it went away, and now I can't get XP to stop popping
up the beige bubble that says "wireless connection unavailable", in
the bottom right corner.

What can I do?

chris
Click to expand...

Make sure your preferred connection is in the Preferred connections
window and remove all others in that window. Then uncheck the box
Automatically connect to non-preferred networks. in the Advanced button
in Wireless Networks tab.

Q [I suppose there is logic in the layout of the networking dialogs, but
it escapes me]
Click to expand...


Thanks. I was able to solve this by going to control panel->network
connections, right click on Wireless Network Connection, and click
disable. Then click enable.

chris
 
Quaoar said:
c said:
I already read 810020,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810020&Product=WinXP

but this one seems to be focused on computers that were shut down or
hibernating.

Mine was never shut down or hibernating. A wireless network became
available, then it went away, and now I can't get XP to stop popping
up the beige bubble that says "wireless connection unavailable", in
the bottom right corner.

What can I do?

chris
Click to expand...

Make sure your preferred connection is in the Preferred connections
window and remove all others in that window. Then uncheck the box
Automatically connect to non-preferred networks. in the Advanced button
in Wireless Networks tab.

Q [I suppose there is logic in the layout of the networking dialogs, but
it escapes me]
Click to expand...

well I lied. I think Quaoar's suggestion worked.
 
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