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windows XP wifi

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  • 25-11-2014 5:50pm
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    bubric
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭


    Hi
    Can someone talk me thru finding the wifi on my old dell inspiring 6000 something happened so I reloaded a fresh copy of windows from a recovery disc I had all looks good butcant find wifi access or set up even connected by Ethernet it says connected in settings tab but cant launch internet explorer? ? Any help? Maybe need new drivers ?


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    You may need driver yeah.

    Google "dell inspiron 6000 wifi drivers for windows xp"


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    There may be more than 1 wifi card option. Look in DeviceManager, other/unrecognized devices,properties,hardwareID. That gives a Vendor and Device ID, each are 4 chars 0-9/A-F, e.g. like 09B3. Search for that at pcidatabase.com, that will identify the one you have


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