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No idea what you're talking about and my reply seems to have gotten lost.
Uninstalling and reinstalling has had no effect on my desktop as I have been
saying.

"Jerry Peterson[MSFT]" wrote:

> So if you uninstall the Belkin utility and then reinstall the driver would
> the wireless tab return?
>
> --
> Jerry Peterson
> Windows Network Services - Wireless
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "EdrickV" <> wrote in message
> news:50DFF73E-4E9B-4470-AAA8-...
> > My friend has been using regular Windows XP (he has had a lot of major
> > upgrades and hardware problems and doesn't have SP1 on his most recent
> > install, though I think he may have had SP1 installed a while ago.) If a
> > Windows Update change was the cause, I think it's probably something newer
> > then 2003 because I had it working for a while and, as I recall, one of
> > the
> > first things I did after installing (this year) was go through Windows
> > Update
> > getting caught up (except for SP2 which I really don't like) and getting
> > SP1a. Have been testing the adapter with my XP Home SP1 laptop. Not sure
> > how
> > up to date it was, but I installed using Belkin's method (where Windows
> > thinks the adapter is wired and Belkin's utility controls the connection)
> > and
> > went through Windows Update twice so far with no issues.
> >
> >
> > "Jerry Peterson[MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >> The Belkin driver may not be properly implemented. What version of
> >> Windows
> >> XP is your friend using? There was a update to the SP1wireless client in
> >> November of 2003 that may have exposed a bug in the Belkin driver. XP
> >> SP2
> >> may include a work around for this problem.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jerry Peterson
> >> Windows Network Services - Wireless
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> "EdrickV" <> wrote in message
> >> news:EB6C5765-8F41-431D-AEA9-...
> >> > Model number: F5D6050
> >> > Model number: 2.9.8.331
> >> > Firmware version: 0.100.5.78
> >> > Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility version: 3.1.4.22
> >> > Windows XP SP1a
> >> >
> >> > The drivers are the most recent version off the Belkin site. It used to
> >> > work
> >> > just fine, I'm not really sure when it stopped because I don't normally
> >> > have
> >> > to mess with it. And the adapter and internet connection through it, as
> >> > I
> >> > mentioned before, are working. All that's missing is the Network
> >> > Connections
> >> > interface to it. When setup to use Wireless Zero it showed up as a
> >> > wireless
> >> > network adapter, when setup to use Belkin's utility it looked like a
> >> > wired
> >> > network adapter in Network Connections as I recall. A friend of mine
> >> > has
> >> > the
> >> > same wireless adapter and has been using it with XP for a while without
> >> > these
> >> > symptoms. Right now I have it setup to use the Belkin utilities because
> >> > otherwise I can't tell it to connect to our wireless network. I have
> >> > tried
> >> > uninstalling and reinstalling it both ways but it did not help.
> >> >
> >> > "Jerry Peterson[MSFT]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Ok I'll chalk that down as a number 4.
> >> >>
> >> >> The device is not present in the network connections folder, and it is
> >> >> not
> >> >> present in the system tray. Let's try to find out what is
> >> >> interferring
> >> >> with
> >> >> the adapter. Before we start creating and parsing log files, can you
> >> >> answer
> >> >> the following questions?
> >> >>
> >> >> What is the model number and the driver version of the Belkin adapter?
> >> >> What version of the operating system are you using? (ex: XP SP2)
> >> >> Are the Belkin wireless utilities installed?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Jerry Peterson
> >> >> Windows Network Services - Wireless
> >> >>
> >> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> >> rights.
> >> >> "EdrickV" <> wrote in message
> >> >> news:F548E5BB-73B7-4B69-9709-...
> >> >> > The Belkin adapter is listed and working fine as far as device
> >> >> > manager
> >> >> > can
> >> >> > tell. That was of course one of the first things I checked, and
> >> >> > removing
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > and reinstalling has had no effect on getting the icon back in
> >> >> > network
> >> >> > connections.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Jerry Peterson[MSFT]" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> START > RUN > type "DEVMGMT.MSC"
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> This will open the device management mmc snap-in. Expand the tree
> >> >> >> for
> >> >> >> "Network adapters." What state is the Belkin USB adapter in?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> 1) Not present.
> >> >> >> 2) Yellow Warning sign
> >> >> >> 3) Red "X"
> >> >> >> 4) Normal
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> Jerry Peterson
> >> >> >> Windows Network Services - Wireless
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> >> >> rights.
> >> >> >
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