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November 9th, 2007 22:00

Serious Wireless Problems...

The other day, I decided to download the Intel 3945 Wireless Card Driver update (R138747.EXE).  First, I downloaded the zipped files, without incident.  However, when I began to unzip the upgrade components, I was alerted of a high threat security risk by my firewall.  I attempted to quarantine the rogue file and was told to restart my computer.  Unfortunately, I clicked to restart - this while the Wireless Card Driver update was still unzipping.
 
After restart, I realized that my my Intel PRO/Wireless icon was removed from the bottom right hand corner menu of my screen.  I went back and downloaded the Card Driver update again, then tried to unzip the files - only to be met with an error message.  I tried to unzip the components again and was successful. 
 
Thus I moved onto the setup screen.  The following were my results:
          
          Component Name                                  State                      Status
 
Wireless LAN adapter driver                     Not Present                    Error                  
Intel(R) PROset/Wireless                         Not Present                    Good
Intel (R) Wireless Troubleshooter             Not Present                    Good
Single Sign On                                          Not Present                     Good
Pre-logon Connect                                    Not Present                     Good
WMI support                                              Not Present                     Good
Administrator Toolkit                                  Not Present                     Good
 
Still, the shortcut option for my Intel PRO/Wireless did not show up.  I really have no idea what's going on - and I'm afraid that somehow the driver was deleted when I restarted my computer.
 
Is there any way to reinstall?
Or am I just missing something here?  (crosses fingers)
 
Thanks to anybody with some info...

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November 10th, 2007 06:00

This is kinda a long shot. but type "devmgmt.msc" (no quotes and there is a dot before msc) which will get you to Device Manager and click on network adapters + sign to expand it. Find your wireless card and get to the driver tab. Try the "rollback driver" button.
 
If none of that is visible then download the driver again and attempt to install it. Can you run your antivirus software on just that file to see if it is clean?
 
Another option is to forget the above and  use restore point or "last known good configuration".
 
Some things to ponder on a long weekend...
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