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HELP! home wireless not found, others are!!

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by dejulio14

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ok so my little sister just got a used hp compaq nx5000 from my aunt and uncle it ran fine on their home network but they put windows 7 on it for my little sister and now it will not connect at all wirlessly. i dont a clean install of windows xp because i thought that may be the problem but that didn't work, i have whent through all the internet connections and setups and repair, troubleshoot, changed my security settings, and everything i cant think of i also reset my router and modem, i know a little about computer"not a whole lot" and i cannot fiqure this out can anyone PLEASE help!

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by older mycroft

What do you mean by that?

Also, did your Aunt and Uncle have this laptop running WIRELESSLY? What OS was on it before Windows 7?

by mjd420nova

Everyrouter has an SSID broadcast unless it is turned off by the network owner. Unless you have been logged into that router before or know the name of the network, you're out of luck. If you don't own the router and it's protected through the various schemes to keep others out,(whole different discussion) find another unsuspecting target for your endeavors.

by snuffy09

Im not sure of the time-line of these models but there could be a conflict in protocol of your wireless router doesn't communicate on the same "channel" as the wifi card on the laptop

if your router is broadcasting in wireless B and you have a wireless G (or the reversal) card you may have an issue...

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