Windows vista cannot find my wireless network

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Open Control Panel and find the icon named Network Connections. Click it to open network window. There you will see Local and Wireless Connections Icons. Right click the one you need and in the pop-up menu choose Enable. Try to check your wireless network again. After the process is completed, click Start and then Connect to. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped.

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Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Networking. For specific hardware-related issues, please use the Windows Vista Hardware forum 0 2.

Sign in to vote. I can connect thru my router to the internet without any problems, and I can also print to either of the 2 network printers on my home network. But I cannot connect to the workgroup and cannot do backups to my NAS, or transfer files or even "see" my laptop on the same workgroup.

The network taskbar icon sez "Not Connected" and when I run the "Diagonose why windows can't find any networks" the response comes back as "This computer does not have a wireless adapter installed and configured" It's true, I don't have a wireless adapter, but connect via a wired connection.

I'm running a Linksys WRTn router. I've tried removing the router and running only on my Linksys switch - no change. I have installed a Linksys network card and disabled the motherboard adapters, no change. I'm at a loss - can anyone help? Do you need more info? Do I need to fuss with netsh? Thanks in advance!! Saturday, August 30, PM. Friday, September 5, AM. Hi, I suggest that you boot in Safe Mode with Networking first. Wednesday, September 3, AM.

I rebooted into safe mode and still could not connect to a network. I can't connect to a network, so I cannot try to connect to a workgroup. Also, when I try to diagnose why Windows cannot find any networks, I get this: "This computer does not have a wireless network adapter installed and configured" I do not have a wireless network adapter in this desktop computer Thanks for your help!

Thursday, September 4, AM. Well, nothing you suggested worked.