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    WLAN Autoconfig

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Dark Killer, Feb 24, 2010.

  1. Dark Killer

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    Ok have a friends Gateway MA7 Model ML6227B laptop running Vista with SP1 but cannot connect wirelessly, under admin services the WLAN Autoconfig is completely missing. The Wired Autoconfig is there and I can connect with an Ethernet cable. All dependant services that the wireless requires are started. The wireless icon is on and the wireless adapter is a Realtek RTL8187 USB2. I have reinstalled the driver direct from Realtek without success. It appears as if the wireless is broken even though it is switching on and off. I tried a registry hack I found changing the setting Ndisuio Start option from 3 too 2 but this didn't work either. My friend also bought a wireless dongle, installed that but still can't connect. Scanned for viruses, spyware etc, system is clean, ran sfc /scannow it said it found corrupted files and repaired but no joy after reboot. Tried netsh winsock reset, no joy there. Copied the L2Schemas folder from another Vista laptop, no joy. Not sure if a complete reinstall of Vista will work. Any other suggestions as I'm lost? :(

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    Dark Killer, Feb 24, 2010
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