It appears that vista is unable to connect to any wi-fi network that requires
username/password authentication. This 'chipset' problem may be also be
causing problems for those of you that do connect, then activate some
security feature such as wep.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
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> I also have a HP DV6000 which I upgraded from XP to Vista.
> Which WLAN chip do you have? I have the Intel Pro 3945ABG,
> and I was able to find a later (and better) driver on Intel's site
> than what HP's site offered.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "James David Byrne" <jamesbyrne@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23x%23j799jHHA.4800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> >I have 2 HP DV6000-series laptops, one XP, one Vista. Like you, the XP machine WiLAN performance is faultless. The Vista one has
> >very poor connectivity and data speeds are horrible. It doesn't help that the WiFi dialogs, so simple and easy in XP are now a
> >convoluted mess in Vista! I have HP working on it though. Probably a driver issue.
> >
> > J :-)
> >
> > "jinky" <jamiemagnet******.com> wrote in message news:jinky.2q4lq5@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Hey Julie,
> >> You are not alone, the same thing is happening to me. If I run my
> >> wireless router in unsecured mode, it works fine, I get five bars of
> >> connectivity. As soon as I add security, my connectivity starts to drop
> >> down to almost nothing and eventually I loose my connection. I have an
> >> XP laptop and a Vista laptop. The XP laptop works perfectly connecting
> >> to the route while sitting about 6 inches away from the Vista machine,
> >> the Vista machine connects after a reboot, but after a short time
> >> looses its connection and cannot connect back to it without a reboot.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jamie
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> jinky[/color]
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