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    Inspiron 1520 internet connection. Help me please.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by morkfromork, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. morkfromork

    morkfromork Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys and gals,

    Been a lurker on the forum for a while but never a poster. Great forum with lots of helpful and knowledgable people(thats the ass kissing out the way).

    My problem is this, I got my laptop on wednesday and everything was fine. After reading on here i decided to do a fresh install of vista home premium. Everything went well installed the drivers back on and no problems. However whenever i turn the laptop on i can not seem to get it to connect wirelessy to the internet. I have to go into my drivers on the hard drive and find the network driver and either re-install them or 9 out of 10m times i have to install the following file.

    iProdifix in the network drivers file.
    This seems to help me connect but then when i switch off and back on i have to do it again.

    Anyone have a solution? Do i need to un-install the driver completely and then re-install or is there another fix?
     
  2. cvx5832

    cvx5832 Notebook Evangelist

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    Just an idea.

    Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > click Connection 'View Status' > Wireless Properties

    check box 'Connect automatically when this network is in range'
    check box 'Connect even when the network is not broadcasting'

    I noticed these boxes were unchecked after I did a fresh install.

    Good luck.

    Paolo
     
  3. morkfromork

    morkfromork Notebook Enthusiast

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    What can i say. Paolo thank you my man. I followed your help and by jove it worked.