From: "RobertB." 

In article ,
 John Cuccia  wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:45:04 -0400, "RobertB."
 wrote:
>
> >A guy I know just bought a used Compaq Armada rather cheaply on eBay
> >($300). It has XP Pro on it. He says it has a wireless card in it, but I
> >can't find it and it won't connect to a working wireless network.
> >
> >I'm familiar with NT, but not XP. How do you figure out what's installed
> >(hardware) on the machine? Do you do it through the Add/Remove hardware
> >application? His Network connection (in the Control Panel) does NOT show
> >a wireless connection available. There is a wireless infraRed connection
> >available and I think that's what the seller meant when he said the
> >machine had "wireless" in it. To be honest, I think he
does not have a
> >card and needs one that slips into the card slot on the side of the
> >machine. Just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed anything.
>
> You can check Device Manager (Start->Run->devmgmt.msc), to see if
> their are any "Unknown Devices" or non-functional network adapters
> listed.  If not then you are likely correct and there is no wireless
> NIC in the machine.

There wasn't. Thanks. He had a regular ethernet card but no wireless card
installed. Thanks for the tip. I'll try to remember that next time.

r.

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