Wifi not working !!

Hello,

Laptop : Thinkpad SL500
OS : Windows XP Professional , Service pack 3

The last time i used Wi-Fi was like 2 months back.

Today,i get a message "No Wireless networks were found"

I have tried the following and am posting the results

Wireless Zero configuration is started -- Services.msc

Device manager shows No Yellow symbol,
under Network Adapters I have
1394 Adapter
Intel (R) WiFi 5100 AGN
RealTek RTL8168C...

I activated Wireless by using Function key available on keyboard (The Wi-Fi indicator is On and blinks intermittently)

I do remember, i did some changes to services.msc few months back.
I regularly download Windows updates.

What could be the problem ?

Should I go for Windows Repair ?

Kindly advise.

Thanks a lot !!

Cheers,
geekfollower

 

Sorry if this is obvious, but have you checked that the other end of the wifi (router) is okay?

 

Yap, all other frends are using Wi-fi ,i m trying to connect to same router .

Any other suggestions, please reply

Geekfollower

 

Possibilities -
1) Update drivers for wifi adapter.
2) Uninstall wifi adapter from device manager, reboot and drivers will be reinstalled.
3) Delete wireless network connection and redo from scratch.

 

Hello,

No, unfortunately i dont, I read the manual on internet saying how to speed up XP and disabled few services

I tried it, No success. please see the attached jpeg images.

I m not allowed to delete the wireless network connection, status and Delete remains dead or inactive.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions.

What next is advisable ?

Regards,
Geekfollower

 

The pictures you have attached are tiny. Can you enlarge them at all please?

As for your problem, all I can suggest is looking through MSCONFIG and seeing which services are stopped and finding out if they need to be restarted.

 

I changed the attributes, i hope its better now.

Do you think, i should go for Windows Repair ?

Could you please tell me, do i have to reinstall all the drivers again or they remain intact ?

Finally, i have done all the updates till date. Is it possible like,i copy the updates to CD and then update the repaired Windows version, How ?

Many thanks again.

Cheers,
geekfollower

 

It would appear that the WIFI control service has been stopped. I would suggest you check your MSCONFIG for the service and restart it before reinstalling anything.

 

please see the screenshot, the Wi-Fi service seems ON to me. The last 3 services are for Intel Wi-Fi

any suggestions on

geekfollower

 

This is weird, i my self thought , Wireless drivers are installed, but to my surprise, i dont see anything in Start » All Programs »


now this post also says the same thing, the installation procedure runs fine and no message is displayed indicating installtion failure but installation doesnt work, i think.

I deinstalled everything, installed new drivers, restarted, but no, no signs of success.. i made sure, drivers were for XP , 32 bit.

I am googling, if any one already came across issue, please post solution

Is it that Windows XP SP3 is not supported. some posts even state SP3 is not supported. I will try to contact Intel and post a solution , if i succedd


Thanks

geekfollower