Well thank you very much. I owe you a beer(s) ;) That so far seems to have worked, although we shall see for the longer term. I disabled the Intel PROSet software and I have rebooted several times and it seems to be working so far. I do now remember that some people tried this with varied success. Guess I just got tired of trying different things.
It's still disappointing that I actually paid extra money for an "upgrade" for this pain in the rear!
Thanks again...
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I assume you are using the Intel ProSet Utility to manage your wireless connections. Have you tried disabling that and using Windows to manager your wireless connections?
I assume you are using the Intel ProSet Utility to manage your wireless connections. Have you tried disabling that and using Windows to manager your wireless connections?
I'm glad that worked. I have always found that the Windows utility, because it is clean and efficient without a lot of bells and whistiles, works better. The problem is not necessarily with the Intel ProSet, which you did not pay extra for (you may have paid extra for the Intel Wireless card, but that works just fine), but with corruption of the profile. How this happens, I really don't know. It is likely to to some strange combination of software on your computer. Yes it is likely a bug, but I have yet to see bug-free software because all possible combinations of things that can happen, just cannot be tested. Intel even admits that profiles can become corrupt in some versions of their software if upgrading drivers or the software from previous versions -
If you insist that you want to use the Intel ProSet software that you mistakenly think you paid extra for, rather than using the Windows utility, see if there is a way to delete all profiles and start over creating a new one. You can also try the solution suggested in the following thread:
Well thanks again very much for your response. You've saved me a lot of aggravation. Actually my computer even seems to boot a little faster now that I disabled the Intel PROSet software. I think if my current configuration of allowing Windows to manage my wireless connections works I will be perfectly happy with that. 54.0 Mbps is the same speed no matter whether Windows manages it or Intel does.
And yes, I realize all software has bugs :) I develop software for a living...kinda disappointed that I didn't figure this out myself...oh well. I think by the time I get home, well I just want stuff to work. Enough debugging of other people's software at work...
I realize I didn't pay extra for the software, but the software would not have been there if I didn't pay extra for the Intel PROSet card. Anyway...no big deal there.
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It's still disappointing that I actually paid extra money for an "upgrade" for this pain in the rear!
Thanks again...
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And yes, I realize all software has bugs :) I develop software for a living...kinda disappointed that I didn't figure this out myself...oh well. I think by the time I get home, well I just want stuff to work. Enough debugging of other people's software at work...
I realize I didn't pay extra for the software, but the software would not have been there if I didn't pay extra for the Intel PROSet card. Anyway...no big deal there.