If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!Sometimes your Windows Vista will fail to obtain an IP Address from a DHCP server like your Broadband or Wireless router. This is due to a design change in Windows Vista. Unlike in Windows XP (and in the later [...]

If your Windows 7 has been idle for while, your Wireless card may loose connectivity and you may end up with the error:
Network Drivers did not properly install
However, a reboot of the computer gets the wireless just fine.

We saw here how to configure a Wireless Network using WLAN Autoconfig (default Wireless configuration utility in Windows Vista) in Windows Vista when there is a network is available to select and connect. Here, the Wireless Access Point is broadcasting its SSID (Wireless Network Name) for Wireless clients to view when they scan.
However, what if [...]

WLAN Autoconfig is the utility introduced in Windows Vista to configure your Wireless Network Adapter in your PC Laptop. This is the equivalent of Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service in Windows XP. A name is not necessary.. is it?
This can be used instead of using the Wireless Network Configuration provided by the manufacturer like Intel. [...]

After installing WIndows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), your Wireless network utility may stop working and you may get the following error message every time the system restarts:
The procedure entry point apsSearchInterface could not be located in the dynamic link library wlanapi.dll.
The procedure entry point apsInitialize could not be located in the dynamic link library [...]