Did you uninstall the old driver for the previous wireless card?

YES.......I have tried this with a netgear card and a linksys.......... each time the installation runs and then tells me to insert card and then when it attempts to install the driver it stops and says it cannot finish installation  drivers not installed......... I have gone to each support site and downloaded newest drivers............. one site says that you need to do this because of the xp patch?  I do auto updates.

Best to look in Add/Remove programs and uninstall all wireless card devices and start from scratch, in my opinion.

Be sure to restart your computer after the uninstall.

Read your cards manufacturer instruction on the proper way to install the card and it's driver.

I have been thinking : is there another way to unistall the driver other than ininstall the program?  I am not sure where to look?

Yes that is the way I removed it............ I have looked in hardward devices also....... nothing there....... I have been in contact with technical support in each case....Linksys and netgrear....... they have been no help.........My netgear card worked for one year......then I installed the netgear router: it then froze the computer when the card was installed and that is what started the problem...........

In the system configuration it says the netgear driver is OK but needs to be started manually????????????

help   Bette