My computer is a Dell XPS M140 running Windows XP SP2. It is up to date on all updates, except for Windows SP3.
I have an internal wireless card--Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Net. I am connected to a secured wireless network.
I can usually connect to the internet fine. I have my computer set up to when I close the lid to my laptop, it goes into hibernation. Sometimes I put it in standby.
Three or four days ago, BEFORE I did a bunch of updating on my computer, whenever I resume from hiberation/stand-by, the computer refuses to reconnect to the wireless network.
The little icon at the taskbar just shows that little yellow thing flying around the computer and then the yellow exclaimation mark saying, "Can't connect!" Then, I hit repair the connection and it gets all the way to the assigning IP (something like that??) and fails.
I've tried disabling my wireless card and enabling it and that doesn't help. The only thing to fix it is restarting my whole computer.
Why is this happening and is there anything I can do to fix it?
(BTW, I haven't updated to SP3 because the last time I did, it completely screwed up my wireless connection...I mean, I couldn't even see the wireless network or do anything so I did a system restore and went back to SP2.)
I have an internal wireless card--Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Net. I am connected to a secured wireless network.
I can usually connect to the internet fine. I have my computer set up to when I close the lid to my laptop, it goes into hibernation. Sometimes I put it in standby.
Three or four days ago, BEFORE I did a bunch of updating on my computer, whenever I resume from hiberation/stand-by, the computer refuses to reconnect to the wireless network.
The little icon at the taskbar just shows that little yellow thing flying around the computer and then the yellow exclaimation mark saying, "Can't connect!" Then, I hit repair the connection and it gets all the way to the assigning IP (something like that??) and fails.
I've tried disabling my wireless card and enabling it and that doesn't help. The only thing to fix it is restarting my whole computer.
Why is this happening and is there anything I can do to fix it?
(BTW, I haven't updated to SP3 because the last time I did, it completely screwed up my wireless connection...I mean, I couldn't even see the wireless network or do anything so I did a system restore and went back to SP2.)
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