Upgrade to Pro and No More Wireless Access

I recently updated both my desktop and my laptop (an HP zx5078cl) to Windows XP Professional from Windows XP Home. I upgraded the desktop first, and it was unable to recognize the wireless signal from the router on my older system. I think I unplugged the adapter and then plugged it back in to get it working again... all I know is that it works now. The laptop is having the same problem, only I can't seem to fix it. When I open the window to select a network to connect to, everything is in grey, except for the "Cancel" button. I've tried to boot up the computer with the wireless card deactivated and activated. Either way, I can't get a signal. I'm considering just rolling back to XP Home. Any ideas on how to fix it within XP Pro?

Alright, responding to my own post here. I just remembered that I had the card deactivated while installing XP Pro, which might have prevented it from being installed during setup. Could that be the problem? If so, how can I fix that without reinstalling?

"Matt" wrote:

> I recently updated both my desktop and my laptop (an HP zx5078cl) to Windows XP Professional from Windows XP Home. I upgraded the desktop first, and it was unable to recognize the wireless signal from the router on my older system. I think I unplugged the adapter and then plugged it back in to get it working again... all I know is that it works now. The laptop is having the same problem, only I can't seem to fix it. When I open the window to select a network to connect to, everything is in grey, except for the "Cancel" button. I've tried to boot up the computer with the wireless card deactivated and activated. Either way, I can't get a signal. I'm considering just rolling back to XP Home. Any ideas on how to fix it within XP Pro?

reinstall the drivers..



>-----Original Message-----
>I recently updated both my desktop and my laptop (an HP
zx5078cl) to Windows XP Professional from Windows XP
Home. I upgraded the desktop first, and it was unable to
recognize the wireless signal from the router on my older
system. I think I unplugged the adapter and then plugged
it back in to get it working again... all I know is that
it works now. The laptop is having the same problem, only
I can't seem to fix it. When I open the window to select
a network to connect to, everything is in grey, except for
the "Cancel" button. I've tried to boot up the computer
with the wireless card deactivated and activated. Either
way, I can't get a signal. I'm considering just rolling
back to XP Home. Any ideas on how to fix it within XP Pro?
>.
>

You need to uninstall and reinstall the network card
driver and its utility.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently updated both my desktop and my laptop (an HP
zx5078cl) to Windows XP Professional from Windows XP
Home. I upgraded the desktop first, and it was unable to
recognize the wireless signal from the router on my older
system. I think I unplugged the adapter and then
plugged it back in to get it working again... all I know
is that it works now. The laptop is having the same
problem, only I can't seem to fix it. When I open the
window to select a network to connect to, everything is
in grey, except for the "Cancel" button. I've tried to
boot up the computer with the wireless card deactivated
and activated. Either way, I can't get a signal. I'm
considering just rolling back to XP Home. Any ideas on
how to fix it within XP Pro?
>.
>