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How to get rid of wireless profiles..(i.e. "Wireless Network Connection #9!, etc. etc.)

redgtxdi

redgtxdi

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Title says it all.

I installed a new pcmcia card for the laptop (wife knocked it over & broke old card) and when I installed the driver disk that came w/ the new card it installs a 'utility' too. I really don't want to use this utility. (Yet another item in the clock tray, another item in the start menu, etc.)

Can I get rid of it w/o getting rid of the card's driver???
 
you should easily be able to turn the utility off under its preferences

or, not turn it on, ever. if it loads at startup, make it stop, and configure with the windows tool.
 
disable the utility's start up property, and if it isnt done so for you automatically, enable the Wireless Zero Config service under Control Panel > Admin Tools > Services.
 
redgtxdi, what card?

You should be able to use the driver fine without their utility, but every card/vendor is a bit different.

My experience is that the vendor's config util is usually junk, and should only be used if Windows's built-in wireless doesn't do something you need it to. (Windows's built-in wireless support is also junk, but at least it's the same junk as everyone else has, not some extra special vendor specific junk)
 
Use only Intel Cards. Their utility is so powerful it's not even funny.

windows zero config just plain sucks. Limited 802.11 standards support, requires lateste service pack, doesn't like to connect to non-broadcast SSIDs, it just plain sucks.

 
AS you can see cmetz, spidey07, who are probably among the top ten knowledgeable people on this forum, give contradictory advice.

Why? Because both are, right and both are wrong.:shocked:

Depending on a specific user needs some original manufacturer utilities are better suitable the WZC and some are not, and some are just lousy programmed applications.

So as a first step one should try both and decide for himself.


If one wants to stick with the original utility, disable WZC (instructions here, http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html)

If one wants to use WZC then the original utility has to be disabled.

Some "Genius" manufactures tie the Wireless card?s drivers to the utility, so if you uninstall the Utility you end up with none functional Wireless, coz the drivers gone too.

Some original utilities have a menu that let you decide and check mark whether you want to let WZC or the Utility to manage the Wireless.

Otherwise look at the Startup menu and prevent the original utility from startup.

Unfortunately, some utilities have entries in the startup and might load through a service.

So check all the processes that are running to see if there is something else that need to be disabled.

These two free utilities can make the process of Startup and Process Explorer easy to handle.

http://www.ezlan.net/infestation#startup
 
Okeee dokeee............I'm JUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust about ready to throw the whole kit & kaboodle in the trash can.


This mother !@$%^!~$@$ POS will not do ANYTHING now.

I tried uninstalling, then reinstalling & then problems started. I've tried WZC auto, manual, disabled..........nothing works.

I even used system restore to take me back to the beginning of this night to try & get some of my life back.

Nope..........nuttin'..................she's not budgin'!

WTF did I do????

Utility's blacked out now. Can't even get it to colorize to even try it. & WZC ain't workin' either.

🙁:frown::|

P.S. It's a Gigabyte OEM (GN-WMKG) 802.11b/g pcmcia card. (a.k.a. Ralink card called "Alice"........ralink being the OEM for Gigabyte & others)
 
Originally posted by: redgtxdi
I've tried WZC auto, manual, disabled..........nothing works.
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are you actually starting the service or just changing its state? it should say Started under the Status column.

 
At this point I have no idea. I used services.msc to configure WZC to manual, auto, disabled but nothing works.

And it appears that you can switch between how the card's configured instantly by right-clicking the card's utility's icon & the first time you click it'll say "use Ralink's utility" the next time it'll say "use WZC" and back & forth & so on.

More details from another forum where I'm asking for help there too:

Gigabyte GN-WMKG as seen here.....

»www.pcloft.com/gialcawi80wi.html

a.k.a. Ralink's 'Alice' (oem for many mfgrs of this same card).

And, yes, XPSP2 fully updated up to 3/22/07.

My guess is that there are too many instances of.....

#1.) the card itself (How the heck do yo uninstall all versions of this card and/or any and all cards in XP???

#2.) network connections. (clock tray showed connection as "network connection #6", when I was able to actually get it running.

And again.......how do you delete all instances of network connections and why does XP make it so damn difficult??? (It's as if they need an add/remove network connections & cards icon in Control Panel)
 
Originally posted by: redgtxdi
At this point I have no idea. I used services.msc to configure WZC to manual, auto, disabled but nothing works.
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This won't change whether the service is running or not. When you select the service, it should give you an option to start it on the left side (or it will give you options to stop/restart the service if it is already running).
 
spidey07, do a quick Google search about the Intel Wireless Division and their ethics track record.
 
Originally posted by: thirtythree
Originally posted by: redgtxdi
At this point I have no idea. I used services.msc to configure WZC to manual, auto, disabled but nothing works.
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This won't change whether the service is running or not. When you select the service, it should give you an option to start it on the left side (or it will give you options to stop/restart the service if it is already running).
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Right. Already got that part. (You can also double-click on it & drop menus will allow the same changes, but nothing helps).


Anybody w/ info on how to delete........

#1.) Wireless cards from Windows???

#2.) Wireless network connections???

So I don't have Windows thinking I've got 6 cards & 6 network connections???
 
What are you talking about.

If you relate to a Network connection that is called #6, that does not mean that you have 6 cards.

Every time you install (reinstall a network card) Windows advance the number by one.





 
I've had good luck with the built-in XP WiFi control software EXCEPT with Dell PCs with Intel WiFi cards, which seem to hate XP's WiFi controller.
 
Well, I'm actually typing this from the laptop connection right now. Last thing I did last night was remove the card & uninstall everything. Tonight, I put the card in & didn't install the utility, but actually used the Gigabyte driver..........(Gigabyte's website had a drive by itself).

I plugged the card in, but still no-joy. So I unplugged it & plugged it in again.........this time one of the lights stayed on & the wifi icon in the clocktray came on, but kept the red X thru it. Sooooooooo, I turned on WZC and Windows detected networks. Then, I entered the WEP key & it connected!!!!!!

H-A-L-L-E-L-U-J-I-A-H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :light::gift::cookie:

I'm starting to wonder if the pcmcia slot in the laptop wasn't damaged when my wife dropped the laptop. It's working fine right now but I had to plug the card in twice. I'm almost scared to pull the card out.
 
SPOKE TOO SOON! 🙁


So I've figured out that every time I plug it in it becomes a different device......(per Device Manager).

It seems to only work as "Gigabyte WMKG Cardbus WLAN Card #5"

It sometimes says it's "Gigabyte WMKG Cardbus WLAN Card #4"

Both of the above are under "Network Adapters". Most times it comes in under "PCMCIA adapters" (just under "Network Adapters") as an "unknown device" and it won't work at all.

Make sense to anybody???

 
Yes, you are stuck in device manager/network adapter hell.

Remove them all, one at at time, reboot each time without the device. It wouldn't hurt to re-install the latest service pack after removal.

That's my noob opinion. There are OS bindings with the stack and other linkage that can get fubarred - a hard reset is the only thing that can clear them. Then you can move on to the driver level.
 
Originally posted by: redgtxdiI'm starting to wonder if the pcmcia slot in the laptop wasn't damaged when my wife dropped the laptop. It's working fine right now but I had to plug the card in twice. I'm almost scared to pull the card out.
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Your ordeal points to either defective Wireless Card, or Head Injured Laptop.

This leads to the next important step.

Get somewhere another (normal) Laptop and try the card.

There is No need to uninstall other, or previous PCMCIA Wireless cards.

I have laptops that are configured to work with 4-5 different Wireless Cards.

The laptop knows how to pickup the right Drivers.
 
Thanks guys.

Actually, I just went to another card. I picked up a cheap Airlink card today at Fry's & it's working fine. (Piece of cake install)

I don't know what's up with that other card, but that card and windows do not play nicely together.

FWIW.............the card doesn't have yet another # suffix on it, but in the clocktray, I'm now officially on "Wireless Network Connection #8".

EIGHT?????


Yup........8!!!!!!!!!!

:shocked:

Any way to get rid of any and all instances/evidence of that Gigabyte card???
 
OK, I edited title to read more for what I want to do now......



Aside from formatting & reinstalling XP......Is there another way to get rid of any and all instances of previous wireless connections and/or wireless devices associated w/ a particular machine???


(And seriously, if it's too friggin' hard, I may just format & reinstall 'cuz at least I *know* I can do that in under an hour) 😛
 
In the network control panel right click the connections to be removed and delete them. They may have to be disabled to do so also right click and you will see if they are enabled.

Originally posted by: redgtxdi
OK, I edited title to read more for what I want to do now......



Aside from formatting & reinstalling XP......Is there another way to get rid of any and all instances of previous wireless connections and/or wireless devices associated w/ a particular machine???


(And seriously, if it's too friggin' hard, I may just format & reinstall 'cuz at least I *know* I can do that in under an hour) 😛
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Originally posted by: spidey07
Yes, you are stuck in device manager/network adapter hell.

Remove them all, one at at time, reboot each time without the device. It wouldn't hurt to re-install the latest service pack after removal.

That's my noob opinion. There are OS bindings with the stack and other linkage that can get fubarred - a hard reset is the only thing that can clear them. Then you can move on to the driver level.
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Have you not done this yet?

The more you muck with it, the worse it is going to get. you MUST reboot whenever you make any changes to your network adapters. You MUST reinstall the service pack to reset the bindings.
 
Well, I've looked at what you guys are suggesting, but I don't see where I can "delete" or "remove" network connections.

When I right-click on the connections I can do everything *BUT* remove them. I assume that *disable* will not actually get *rid* of the connection, no??

(And, Spidey, I assume *you're* talking strictly about the *cards* themselves??? I don't know how easy this will be with the 'trouble' card as it becomes something different every-other time I plug it in.)


 
Can you take a screen shot upload some where, and link to it.

Usually if you have one NIC there would be one entry, the number of the entry might be #9 but there is No other 8 entires.

The #9 is just a name Not a sign that there is 8 others.
 
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