"frustrated" <frustrated@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5D1B3F48-6CB4-40F5-9D51-EB6609C3BF87@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I tried re-booting both with still no luck. What is really wierd is my
>other
> laptop is working wireless fine...no problem at all. I'm actually using
> that
> machine to type on here now.
>
> Could it have something to do with the IP address of my laptop that's not
> connecting? It's not close to what my desktop machine's or my router's ip
> address is.
>[/color]

Yes, that's why it cannot connect anymore. What is the IP that the machine
has using wireless? Is the IP 169.254.xxx.xxx? And forget about the
wireless aspect for now. Can the machine connect to the router and get to
the Internet using a network cable? What is the IP when it's using a cable.
Do you know someone that has a USB wireless card you can use to check to see
if the problem follows? Have you taken the laptop with the exiting wireless
card to a wireless cafe and can it connect?

You're going to need to go into some kind of process of elimination here.