"Frank Rizzo" <none@none.com> wrote in message news:%23w0jU5IXHHA.4860@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> Running Vista Home Premium (clean install). For whatever reason, I can't get USB wireless
> cards to work (i've tried US Robotics USR5422 and D-link DWL-122 cards). I've installed them
> with XP drivers and the install went fine and the Device Manager shows the cards as working.
> However, in the Connect to Network window, it says that "Windows cannot find any networks".
> I have a half dozen computing devices in the house from wireless printers to laptops to TiVO
> and they all see my (unsecured) wireless network just fine.
>
> What am I missing?[/color]

Uninstall any non-working USB devices you've installed.

Then, try installing this update if you haven't already-
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925528[/url]
This article discusses an update that resolves a variety of issues that occur with specific USB
hardware devices and controllers in Windows Vista.

Reboot.

Plug-in a device and see what happens.


-Michael