Wireless vs Wired autoconfiguration while docked/Undocked

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Q:
I am running a laptop with a docking station and Win XP Pro
The laptop has both the Wired and Wireless NIC built in.
Users sometime they want to undock and use the wireless or dock and use the
wired nic
Is there a way ( besides to create local profiles) to autodetect the stte of
the laptop at any given point and based upon the status to enable or disable
the un-needed nic?
I need to have this done without user intervension
Thank you
 
In Kostas had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Q:
I am running a laptop with a docking station and Win XP Pro
The laptop has both the Wired and Wireless NIC built in.
Users sometime they want to undock and use the wireless or dock and
use the wired nic
Is there a way ( besides to create local profiles) to autodetect the
stte of the laptop at any given point and based upon the status to
enable or disable the un-needed nic?
I need to have this done without user intervension
Thank you
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See if this is something you can do:

Automatic Configuration for Multiple Networks:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/tips/autoconfig.mspx

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In Kostas had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Q:
I am running a laptop with a docking station and Win XP Pro
The laptop has both the Wired and Wireless NIC built in.
Users sometime they want to undock and use the wireless or dock and
use the wired nic
Is there a way ( besides to create local profiles) to autodetect the
stte of the laptop at any given point and based upon the status to
enable or disable the un-needed nic?
I need to have this done without user intervension
Thank you
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Err... Additionally you'd want to have the wired one listed first and the
alternative would be wireless. That way when they disconnect wired it will
go wireless instead of staying wireless when they start wired. I'm not sure
how it would work when they go wireless to wired though?

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"I am glad of all details, whether they seem to you to be relevant or
not." - Sherlock Holmes
 
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