I have Dell Inspirion 4100. I had to re-instal Windows XP Professional and now the computer, under Device Manager is not recongnizing the wireless adapter/network card. The only one I can use is the 3com Ethernet adapter.
How do I know which Wireless Adapter is in my laptop - if I can't see it in Device Manager?
It is inside the computer - I did nothing to the hardware - and it was working before I reinstalled or installed Windows.
I also don't know which driver goes with this Wireless card - because I cannot see it in device manager.
How do I get my wireless network card working again?
Any help greatly appreciated. Please contact me if you want to email me privately.
Thank you.
Message Edited by problemman1 on 08-12-2007 11:47 PM
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Thank Steve - this time it worked. But one quick question, how do I know this is the 'one' applicable to the wireless card I have in my computer - if the wireless adapter is not shown in Device Manager / Win XP?
The wireless adapter will not show up in Device Manager until the drivers are installed. Thus, you have to know beforehand which wireless adapter you have in your computer. Since yours is an older model, they only shipped one possible wireless adapter with that model, so I just selected the drivers for the only wireless adapter shown for that model on the Dell download page. It points out that fact that one should keep their original invoice or run a program like Belarc Advisor to take an inventory of their system to keep handy in the event they ever need to reinstall everything.
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