Hi
In all likely hood WinXP does not have the Wireless card drivers and they
need to be installed idependendly.
Follow this process it might help,
http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).
"Charlie1234" <> wrote in message
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> My Dell laptop recently crashed and an error message appeared- i was
> advised
> to re-install windows. However ,now that i have re-installed it, i cannot
> seem to connect to the wireless internet connection that is set up on my
> home
> computer. It seems as if my laptop cannot find any connections nearby-it
> did
> cross my mind that I may have to install some software but i'm not sure
> and I
> would be very grateful if anybody had any ideas. Thank you