wireless connection

[denshl]

my wireless connection was set up with a laptopand vista
operating software and everything worked ok.I havesince
added a second laptop with xp software and I now find I
ca n connect wirelessly with the xp only.The vista can onlybe connected by ethernet cable. Does anyone know
how I can restore the wireless connection to the vista
equipped laptop.
any help appreciated.

[ACtheTROLL]

the two lappys SHOULD be seperate items

the router basically has two options ...
wired (always on)
wireless (can generally be switched on or off).

many routers provided by ISPs also have encryption set up (often WEP) which uses a 13 character "key" which has to be entered as part of each machine's setup.

both operating systems use a wizard ... so
in vista
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us /help/76174f4a-7522-425a-9424-324dd299265e1033 .mspx

and in XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/netwo rking/setup/wireless.mspx

[denshl]

Thank you Troll, I now have a better uderstanding of the
problem. top marks.