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    Dell Wireless WLAN Card going haywire?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nooboob, May 11, 2008.

  1. nooboob

    nooboob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    Whenever I boot my computer up, the following pop-up comes up:

    "Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Controller stopped working and was closed.

    A problem caused the application to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available."

    Funny thing is that my wireless internet still works without a hitch even when this comes up. It just recently started doing this...

    Ideas?

    Just bought the computer a few days ago:
    Dell 1420
    2.4GHZ
    Windows Vista 32-bit
    2GB RAM, Nvidia 8400GS 256MB
     
    nooboob, May 11, 2008
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  2. stevey5036

    stevey5036 Notebook Evangelist

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    See if a later version of the Dell wireless software is available from your model's support page. Or better yet, just uninstall the Dell utility. They are known to have incompatibility issues with Vista.
     
    stevey5036, May 11, 2008
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