wireless solved

i have a WMP54G linksys adapter that connects to a wireless network. Windows Vista saw my adapter to be a broadcom 802.11g adapter. For the longest time i could not figure out why it wasnt seening my network at all. My network uses WEP and i read on here some people have been having a issue with that. After much fustration and determination i went through these steps: 1. Open network Center 2. Click setup a connection or network 3. Select manually connect to a wireless network 4. Typed in the required information and clicked all the check boxes
It instantly found my network and connected without issues. I am leaving this comment in helps of others and currently using the wireless connection in vista.
With Windows Vista in general i have found it runs smoothly on my machine and have only seen minor bugs such as disappearing quick lanch items and other taskbar items such as clock until i do a mouseover. One major tip is dont activate windows in XP when you are first installing Vista because once you are in Vista and you try to activate windows it will say your product key is already in use. I had to get a new product key and had no furthur problems. Here are my system Specs which met Windows Vista Ultimate requirements in case some of you are having peformance problems.
Windows Vista Ultimate Beta 2 Windows XP Professional SATA 200GB HD 7200RPM ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB (using XP drivers, Vista drivers did not work) Broadcom 802.11g Wireless Adapter Sound Blaster Live! 24Bit ASUS P4P-800E deluxe Motherboard Intel P4 3.0Ghz Extreme Edition(overclocked at 3.6Ghz) PC3200 DDR400 2GB Dual Channel Cosair Memory
If you need help setting up any of the items i have listed or talked about reply and i will do my best to help.
Steven G. Computer Engineer

Yes I had the same problem too with my Broadcom 802.11 b/g Wireless Adapter, but I did what you did and the wireless works properly now. These are my system specs:
Windows Vista beta 2/ Windows XP SP2 (Home) Intel P4 3.0 Ghz HT 768 MB Memory (shared with vid card so technically its 640 MB) 128 MB ATI Radeon 9000 IGP (XP drivers of course haha)
Of course I cannot run Aero on these specs, but the Windows Vista theme (the one above the basic but below the Aero) runs unusually smooth even with my crappy specs. I got a 1 overall in performance (because it couldn't detect the Gaming Graphics probably because my video card is IGP) but Vista runs fine. I'm just waiting for a new computer next year so I can enjoy the Aero and the Flip 3D =)

Hello Steve,
You mention Sound Blaster Live! 24Bit, have you got that running on 64bit Vista? The beta drivers on Creative's website won't work for me, but they do say they are for Beta 1 and I'm running Beta 2?
If so, how have you done it?
So far my soundcard won't work, Linksys WirelessG USB won't work, Belkin FD7000 PCI Wireless card won't work - even when I do an update by plugging my PC directly into my router.
B
"Steve" wrote:

i have a WMP54G linksys adapter that connects to a wireless network. Windows Vista saw my adapter to be a broadcom 802.11g adapter. For the longest time i could not figure out why it wasnt seening my network at all. My network uses WEP and i read on here some people have been having a issue with that. After much fustration and determination i went through these steps: 1. Open network Center 2. Click setup a connection or network 3. Select manually connect to a wireless network 4. Typed in the required information and clicked all the check boxes
It instantly found my network and connected without issues. I am leaving this comment in helps of others and currently using the wireless connection in vista.
With Windows Vista in general i have found it runs smoothly on my machine and have only seen minor bugs such as disappearing quick lanch items and other taskbar items such as clock until i do a mouseover. One major tip is dont activate windows in XP when you are first installing Vista because once you are in Vista and you try to activate windows it will say your product key is already in use. I had to get a new product key and had no furthur problems. Here are my system Specs which met Windows Vista Ultimate requirements in case some of you are having peformance problems.
Windows Vista Ultimate Beta 2 Windows XP Professional SATA 200GB HD 7200RPM ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB (using XP drivers, Vista drivers did not work) Broadcom 802.11g Wireless Adapter Sound Blaster Live! 24Bit ASUS P4P-800E deluxe Motherboard Intel P4 3.0Ghz Extreme Edition(overclocked at 3.6Ghz) PC3200 DDR400 2GB Dual Channel Cosair Memory
If you need help setting up any of the items i have listed or talked about reply and i will do my best to help.
Steven G. Computer Engineer

Hello BMAC, I have not tested 64Bit vista, i had a hard time with 32Bit lol. I will see what i can do and let you know if i get positive results and how i found a solution. I know in 32bit i have had a problem with vista, it saw my multimedia controller and asked for a driver, and have not installed it because i have been using my headset. I will defiently try both though. I will work with 32bit first. I'll try my best to help you out, if u find something first post here, ill check often. Thanks.
"BMAC" wrote:

Hello Steve,
You mention Sound Blaster Live! 24Bit, have you got that running on 64bit Vista? The beta drivers on Creative's website won't work for me, but they do say they are for Beta 1 and I'm running Beta 2?
If so, how have you done it?
So far my soundcard won't work, Linksys WirelessG USB won't work, Belkin FD7000 PCI Wireless card won't work - even when I do an update by plugging my PC directly into my router.
B
"Steve" wrote:
i have a WMP54G linksys adapter that connects to a wireless network. Windows Vista saw my adapter to be a broadcom 802.11g adapter. For the longest time i could not figure out why it wasnt seening my network at all. My network uses WEP and i read on here some people have been having a issue with that. After much fustration and determination i went through these steps: 1. Open network Center 2. Click setup a connection or network 3. Select manually connect to a wireless network 4. Typed in the required information and clicked all the check boxes
It instantly found my network and connected without issues. I am leaving this comment in helps of others and currently using the wireless connection in vista.
With Windows Vista in general i have found it runs smoothly on my machine and have only seen minor bugs such as disappearing quick lanch items and other taskbar items such as clock until i do a mouseover. One major tip is dont activate windows in XP when you are first installing Vista because once you are in Vista and you try to activate windows it will say your product key is already in use. I had to get a new product key and had no furthur problems. Here are my system Specs which met Windows Vista Ultimate requirements in case some of you are having peformance problems.
Windows Vista Ultimate Beta 2 Windows XP Professional SATA 200GB HD 7200RPM ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB (using XP drivers, Vista drivers did not work) Broadcom 802.11g Wireless Adapter Sound Blaster Live! 24Bit ASUS P4P-800E deluxe Motherboard Intel P4 3.0Ghz Extreme Edition(overclocked at 3.6Ghz) PC3200 DDR400 2GB Dual Channel Cosair Memory
If you need help setting up any of the items i have listed or talked about reply and i will do my best to help.
Steven G. Computer Engineer