Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Controller stopped working and was closed.

I'm experiencing the same problem with my Inspiron 1721 laptop. Although my laptop will shutdown for no reason after having it on for about 6 hours. I'm on the Internet when it shuts down and when I turn it back on it has the below message. I ran a diagnostic test on my WLAN card and it passed each one component. I'm not sure why this keeps happening. PLEASE HELP!!!!

Address a problem with your WLAN card

Your WLAN card has stopped working properly.

This is a network adapter that allows your computer to connect to a wireless network.

To find out if an updated version of your WLAN card is available, contact your device or computer manufacturer.

I'm having the same problem as you guys do. Do you guys have any idea what is the solution for this problem? My laptop is Dell Inspiron 1420.

I'm having the same annoying problem...i have a Dell inspirion 1720...it started doing this within a couple of months after I received it.  I would love to hear how to fix this.  Thanks.

Same exact problem here with my Inspiron 1525. No solution to be found!

Where the heck are the admistrators who have the answer to this problem that has been posted for TWO years now?!!

Today this message "Dell Wireless WLAN Clrd Wireless Network controller stopped working and was closed" won't go away. I close that message window and it pops up again.  I have been downloading drivers off the driver page in hopes of finding one that will shut this thing up! I have a 1390 wlan mini-card in my 1721 inspiron laptop. So far I am downloading R140747.exe and R151519.exe files. I'll let you know if any work.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~ck=anavml

suepyr,

Layoff have played it toll on the forums. Most of us here are Dell users, like you are.

Rick

I started getting the same message a few days ago. Uninstalled the driver and reinstalled it (but Dell site only shows driver for Vista, not Windows 7). Didn't work. Then had Windows search for a driver, and got a newer one from Broadcom. Still didn't work. I can close the Windows window, and keep it closed. Can also access the Internet. Is it a virus, as one posting from Google search suggested? Or just an annoyance?

May have just found my own answer ... If you're using the newest version of the free Avast! this might help you - it seems to have stopped the window from appearing for me (at least for now) ...

uninstall the behaviour shield element ?
Windows add remove programs, Avast xxx, click the Change/Remove button, click the Change section from the new window and uncheck the Behaviour Shield entry, OK your way out and reboot.

Thanks CATHYWINKLER, you hit the nail on the head.  I noticed that the problem with the annoying pop-ups started shortly after a software update for the free Avast antivirus program.  Although I tried the many different suggestions from earlier posts nothing worked including disabling Avast permanently.  I also tried temporarily disabling the behavior shield on avast and that did not work as well.  Finally I tried the suggestion of CATHYWINKLER and that fixed the problem which I believe was the source in my case.

I also found 2 other options for getting rid of the annoyance but this is not a fix.

First - Set the Dell Wireless WLAN Tray Services from Automatic to Manual:  This did the trick for me.

Go to Administrative Tools>>Services>>Dell Wireless WLAN Tray Services>>Double click or properties>>Change Startup Type from Automatic to Manual.

Second - Disable Windows Error Reporting Services:

Go to Administrative Tools>>Services>>Windows Error Reporting Services>>Double click or properties>>Change Startup Type from Automatic to Disable. 

I hope this information is help to someone.

Hi all,

I too have been having the same problem with the wireless card not working message, despite it working fine.  Having read the above post it dawned on me that the only thing that I changed on my 1525 recently was a free upgrade of avast.  I tried various options such as turning off behaviour shields etc but the only thing that as solved it for me is uninstalling avast altogether :( .  I installed AVG instead and everything is fine again.

Hope this helps,

Cathy, your suggestion fixed my issue on a 1525, also with Avast!

How did you find this work-a-round?

Bryan, just kept searching online and eventually ended up at an Avast! forum and saw the suggestion I posted. Has been working for me, glad it worked for you and others also.

Hello Everybody

I am Uday Salvi from India, a Senior Citizen, never had been to computer school, learned myself what I wanted to cope with my work.

My DELL Laptop Inspiron is of 2007  model. Original with Authentic Software Supplied by DELL. over a period of time, I had to changed it`s battery & DVD recorder. I facing two problem now, (i) Dell Wirless WALN Card Network Controller Stopped Working.(ii) Though I have all original software of the Laptop, I (Layman) am unable to format or update it with it. (iii) my `C` Drive shows 98 % full.

Requesting Dell Community to help me overcome all these problem.

Thanks & regards

Uday Salvi