USB wireless adapter sees network, but cannot connect to Internet

This is a little wordy, but I am trying to describe the problem.

Got a Mercury 54 Mbps wireless adapter, need to install driver. It works on my P3 laptop running XP. The adapter is compatible with Win98, 2000Pro, and XP.

I also have a P4 desktop running 2000Pro with SP4 that I recently made decent after removing a lot of spyware that absolutely made Microsoft Office useless unless in safe mode. Following instructions in your support forum, but could not follow it to the letter as I could not get Internet connection. I copied most of the required apps to the hard drive via USB thumb drive and ran them. Now Microsoft Office is serviceable on the P4 desktop

However, the adapter does not work on the 2000 Pro desktop. Even though I positioned the desktop at the same spot where I use the laptop, it shows the available network which does not have encryption, but I could not get IE nor Firefox nor any updates to connect to the Internet. They are set for direct connection.

I have cleaned the registry with Wise Registry Cleaner and fixed the Safe to Fix problems. Still, on start up, I get a RUNDLL message box with Error loading w00ab13e.dll, the specified module could not be found.

What is wrong? With the adapter config showing the wireless network, I cannot ping any websites in the CMD screen, comes back with unknown host.

I have a similar problem with the USB camera installation on the P4 desktop. The driver is installed on both the XP laptop and the 2000Pro desktop. The laptop recognizes the camera when connected, but the 2000Pro desktop does not recognized it.

 

First try removing your tcp/ip from network connections properties and try then readding them. Also do the same for your network card and drivers.

 

Silly question but the wireless shows the network have you actually connected to it and gotten an ip address if so have you checked internet settings to never dial a connection and lan settings in the same menu to atuomaticly detect settings. If the wireless wont connect may be an issue with channel number on your router try changing the channel number i do know if you use belkin wireless adapters they refuse to see and connect to wirelss routers unless they are on channel 6

 

Removing tcp/ip from network connections properties and try then readding them to the wireless adapter did the trick. Will check to see whether I have to do this whenever the wireless adapter is removed or the desktop is turned off.

 

After doing another round of malware removal, with the addition of SUPERAntiSpyware, it appears I do not even need to remove and re-add the tcp/ip from network connections properties. The RUNDLL message box with Error loading w00ab13e.dll also seem to have disappeared.

I would consider fixed unless the malware acts up again.