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"AndyHancock" <> wrote in message
news:bc09cad5-73f4-46a2-b79e-...

> In windows XP, I unchecked WirelessNetworkConnectionProperties-
> >WirelessNetworks->PreferredNetworks->SecondCup->Properties-
> >Connection->AutomaticConnection->ConnectWhenThisNetworkIsInRange.
>
> When I click OK, I am told "You have disabled encryption for the
> network 'Second Cup'. yada yada yada. Continue Anyway?
>
> WHY would this message be issued when all I did was turn off automatic
> connectoin?

This reasonable question also seems a strong hint your XP OS
has been damaged. Perhaps the same fault underlies
attempts to connnect automatically after you have turned
off this network.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)