Wireless Networking IE6 won't use wireless card [was XP wireless not working]

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IE6 won't use wireless card [was XP wireless not working] George Neuner 05-12-08
Posted by Mark McIntyre on May 14, 2008, 4:43 am
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George Neuner wrote:
>
> All applications work with the built-in 11b radio. They all worked
> with the old (now broken) Netgear Super-G card as well. Everything
> *except* IE6 works with the new Netgear Super-G card.

...

> Honestly, IE6 is the only network application that won't work properly
> with the new card. I am completely baffled.

Round about now, I would say to myself "well, IE is a load of sh&*
anyway, I'll just upgrade to Firefox and get the benefit of stabler,
more reliable, safer browsing etc". No kidding.

Otherwise you could try upgrading to IE7, see if that fixes it. My only
remaining guess is that one of your network card installers has
"upgraded" some DLL in the TCP stack to a version that IE6 doesn't like.

Posted by Jack \(MVP-Networking\). on May 14, 2008, 11:16 am
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Hi
It is a little hard to seriously trash something when there is Millions
using it and it works for them.
No software is perfect, and neither are users.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

> George Neuner wrote:
>>
>> All applications work with the built-in 11b radio. They all worked
>> with the old (now broken) Netgear Super-G card as well. Everything
>> *except* IE6 works with the new Netgear Super-G card.
>
> ...
>
>> Honestly, IE6 is the only network application that won't work properly
>> with the new card. I am completely baffled.
>
> Round about now, I would say to myself "well, IE is a load of sh&* anyway,
> I'll just upgrade to Firefox and get the benefit of stabler, more
> reliable, safer browsing etc". No kidding.
>
> Otherwise you could try upgrading to IE7, see if that fixes it. My only
> remaining guess is that one of your network card installers has "upgraded"
> some DLL in the TCP stack to a version that IE6 doesn't like.


Posted by Mark McIntyre on May 14, 2008, 12:10 pm
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Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:
> Hi
> It is a little hard to seriously trash something

... distributed preinstalled on virtually every computer when you buy
it, along with an OS you have almost no choice but to buy.

> when there is Millions
> using it and it works for them.

Millions of people are having unprotected sex too. Just because it
'works for them' doesn't make it advisable. :-)

> No software is perfect, and neither are users.

Absolutely, on both counts.

The unanswerable question is - how many of those millions of IE users
would have voluntarily downloaded it from MS's website if they'd had
some other browser preinstalled instead instead? Or if the Windows
installer had offered a choice of 5 browsers in alphabetic order with
none preselected?

>> Otherwise you could try upgrading to IE7, see if that fixes it. My
>> only remaining guess is that one of your network card installers has
>> "upgraded" some DLL in the TCP stack to a version that IE6 doesn't like.

I presume you ignored this as it didn't fit with your preconceptions
that I was a rabid anti-MS freetard? Just for reference I'm posting this
from a machine with installs of XP of Linux, each for its different
purpose.

Posted by Bill Kearney on May 14, 2008, 7:48 pm
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Create a new user on that machine. See if that user account can then use IE
to connect.

If so then your other user account has gotten it's profile settings screwed
up.

If not then there's something screwed up with the card's configuration.

Try a new account to verify what does and doesn't work with it.


Posted by George Neuner on May 15, 2008, 12:49 am
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On Wed, 14 May 2008 19:48:00 -0400, "Bill Kearney"

>Create a new user on that machine. See if that user account can then use IE
>to connect.
>
>If so then your other user account has gotten it's profile settings screwed
>up.
>
>If not then there's something screwed up with the card's configuration.
>
>Try a new account to verify what does and doesn't work with it.

It's a work provided laptop. I am essentially a power user but I
don't have all admin rights under the security policy. I can install
additional software under my own account (not globally) provided I
take responsibility for it. I have installed a couple of critical (to
me) tools, but in general I don't mess with the machine much. Service
and driver installs can sometimes be problematic, but I didn't have
any obvious trouble with the new card drivers - AFAICT it went
smoothly (I did it twice actually, uninstalled and installed again
when IE didn't work).

WRT trying IE7 (which someone else suggested) ... we have some
specialized document handling software that's tied to IE6 and Office
2K. IT won't yet guarantee it to work with newer versions. We just
got XP on our laptops late last year so I'm not holding my breath for
updates.

George
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