From: John Cuccia 

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.

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