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In my experience "limited or no connectivity" normally means Windows has not successfully negotiated encryption with the access point or wireless router. Another symptom will be that there'll be no IP address set to the wireless interface, you can check this by running "ipconfig /all" on the command line. If the IP address is blank or 0.0.0.0 then the interface has no IP.
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I am trying to get two computers to connect via wireless. When I run ipconfig /all from the command prompt on the computer using the Trendnet USB adapter it says:
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These desktops that won't connect, what version of Windows (or Linux) are they running? If they are running Windows XP are they updated to Service Pack 2? |
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Yep, they are both running Win XP and are updated through SP2. |
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So I downloaded a newer version of the driver for the TRENDnet USB adapter, uninstalled the old driver, installed the new driver... It asked me to reboot, so I did. Now it won't allow windows to load. Whenever I start the computer it just loops. It will load the "Windows" loading screen and then it shuts off and restarts. It won't allow me to start in any of the safe modes or the option to start at the last configuration that worked. |
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I think you should boot into safe mode and uninstall the new driver. If Windows can boot again after this I suggest you take both the router and USB adapter back to the shop you bought it from as they seem to me to be total rubbish.
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I booted into repair mode using the windows CD at the recommendation of a friend and ran chkdsk /r and that repaired some kind of registry error. Windows booted up successfully and the adapter was able to finally link up with Windows and everything is working.
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