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I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected network.
When I try to join the network I get the following error message:

"Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."

I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have gotten
the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well with
no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.

Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

Have you downloaded and installed the XP Patch for WPA????
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/T...displayLang=en

Robert.....
"Michelle Dady" <Michelle > wrote in message
news:2257BDEA-C51D-4658-90F4-...
>I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected
>network.
> When I try to join the network I get the following error message:
>
> "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."
>
> I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have
> gotten
> the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well
> with
> no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
> network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.
>
> Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

That is a pre sp2 fix that is rolled up into sp2. I tried to install it
anyway and it states that you can only install that fix on top of sp1.

"DLink Guru" wrote:

> Have you downloaded and installed the XP Patch for WPA????
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/T...displayLang=en
>
> Robert.....
> "Michelle Dady" <Michelle > wrote in message
> news:2257BDEA-C51D-4658-90F4-...
> >I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected
> >network.
> > When I try to join the network I get the following error message:
> >
> > "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."
> >
> > I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have
> > gotten
> > the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well
> > with
> > no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
> > network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.
> >
> > Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>
>

There is no "generic" problem with XP Home that prevents it from
connecting to a WPA protected wireless network. I have several XP Home
SP2 machines connecting to an access point using WPA.

I'm not sure what the problem is in this case, but I don't think it's
related to XP Home.

Are you absolutely sure that both cards have hardware\driver support for
WPA. Alot of cards do not.

-Harry Bates

"Michelle Dady" <Michelle > wrote in message
news:2257BDEA-C51D-4658-90F4-...
> I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected
network.
> When I try to join the network I get the following error message:
>
> "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."
>
> I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have
gotten
> the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well
with
> no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
> network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.
>
> Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

[timmy14]

Did you try using the Windows "Wireless Network setup wizard"? If you have an existing computer that is connected to the wireless, it will allow you to migrate your settings to a new computer using a flash drive (I had the same problem with a new computer and finally came across this, it walks you through the process). Go to "Control Panel", then click "Wireless network setup wizard" (not "Network Setup Wizard", thats something else)