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Win 7 (Pro) will not connect to wireless Networks
I'll 1st acknowledge that I'm new to Win 7 (or Vista for that matter) - but I've set up a lot of networks. Just bought a Dell Alienware 64 bit - it came with Vista, just "upgraded" to Win 7. Now get no connections available all the time (almost) for wireless adapter (broadcom 802.11n) on two different wireless networks that currently connect to various XP systems & used to connect to this system with Vista.
I said almost because on a couple of occasions (once when I turned off both Norton & Windows security) & restarted system, the access point was detected, I was allowed to connect - verified I could move about the web. At this point I assumed I had some kind of firewall blocking issue - but to be sure, restarted the system (no changing or enabling anything) and upon restart was back to the usual issue "no connections are available"
The wired Nic works fine.
Again, the problem started after installing Win 7 Pro (Custom/clean install). I have the latest adaptor driver from Dell. The access point I'm trying right now is from ATT - "2 wire 2701 HG-B (g mode). The other access point is a Linksys WAP54G.
Also after installing Win 7, it seems I now have a "Microsoft Virtual WiFi miniport" - not sure what that means. Again the XP systems in this office all connect fine. There's more things I've tried (uninstalling adaptor (in manage devices, manually adding NW, etc. all to no avail) - I'm now stuck. Anyone with ideas?