Configure a WiFi connection with Windows XP
Since Windows XP, Microsoft has incorporated into its operating system a WiFi, christened by the firm "Zero Configuration".
Activation of the service at boot
To work with the "Zero Configuration" is firstly that the wireless is enabled at startup. We will check this setting or change it if necessary.
Go to the Start menu, then Run. Here you will enter the command "services.msc". You get a window containing all the local Windows.
In this list, you will find the service "Wireless Zero Configuration". Once identified this line, you right-click and then Properties. You go here to check two things.
- Startup Type: Make sure you are sure "Automatic", otherwise choose "Automatic".
- Service status: it must show "Started", if this is not the case click the "Start" button just below.
Once this is done, press OK, then close the windows open.
Enabling network management by Windows
Once the Wireless Zero Configuration is running, we still have to activate the network management by Windows. To do this, we will go to start, Control Panel then Network Connections. Here, on the Wireless Network Connection icon, right click then Properties. Then in the second tab of the "Wireless Networks". At the top of this window, we will check the "Use Windows to configure my wireless network" and then confirm with "OK".
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