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windows 7 not picking up home network
I got a new computer last week that is using windows 7 home edition. I had to get a new usb adapter to get it online. The network adapter is picking up my home network using it's wizard but it's like windows can't see it sometimes. I've been losing internet connection at least once a day, today it's been all day long. When I use the "get online" option it will not pick up my home network 95% of the time even though my network adapter says that it's connected.
A couple of things I noticed was that the network adapter somehow created another network called NG Profile that is actually the exact same as my home network. Windows will pick that up but not connect to it.
Sometimes Windows will say that I'm connected to my network but there is no network access.
I'm using a Netgear WG111v3 wireless G usb adapter.
Any advice would be a great help....Geek Squad could not figure it out over the phone and I don't want to have to have someone come out and fix this.
A week ago I googled the problem and someone on here had suggested going into the Network and Sharing center and getting rid of the NGprofile then pulling out the usb adapter and put it back in so that it picks up the real home network and that worked fine up till now. And I've lost internet connection twice while typing this.