You can try these steps for Windows 7 too, but I never had the same problem in Windows 7. Recommended Readings, How you can make vista network faster – and, it really helps to improve the network performance. Here Are the Few Steps Follow 1) Make sure you do not have any other built-in wireless network management software that is set to manage wireless networks. Mostly by default there will be a separate WiFi management software from same wifi device vendor available on the laptop. Optiarc Udf Driver Download Special Version. Download Pointers On C Reek Pdf. If it is set to manage wireless networks and profiles, then windows vista wireless network manager will not detect any networks.

Let's talk about wireless adapter configuration in Vista here! Configuring wireless adapter to join wireless. Which is part of Vista to detect wireless network and.

So obviously you must look at the correct WiFi management software to detect and connect wireless networks. I had an Acer laptop and already disabled the ‘Acer e-connect’ software which came by default to manage wireless networks. I was using windows wireless manager as default. But this time even that one could not find any networks.

2) After diagnosing the issue, I got a message that saying ‘Windows Wireless Service not started’. When I tried to start the particular service manually, it threw more errors.

Restarting the laptop also did not help to solve this issue. Below Two Steps Fixed this Issue. 3) The current user (logged in user) must have full permission to particular registry key where all computer services are listed.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ->SYSTEM ->CurrentControlSet ->Services Check the permission by seeing permissions tab after right clicking the key. Add the logged in user and give full permission to above register key in Windows vista. 4) Reset Windows socket Open command prompt as administrator (Right click and select ‘Run as’) and try below command Netsh winsock reset Restart the vista laptop after above two steps. Now your windows vista laptop wireless adapter should start finding available wireless network around you.

There are few suggestions available on the web related to this issue including Also Microsoft suggests few tips to solve this issue which.

Hi I have recently brought a PC it has Windows Vista on it. I plugged my old BElkins wireless usb adapter in and it would detect the wireless network i have and run the internet smoothly now about 2 months later its suddenly stoppped working at first i thought its the usb adapter so i got a new one but it recgnises the adaptor is plugged just would connect to the network. When i click connect to a network its hows windows cannot find any network (there is a network as my laptop picks it up easliy) then i click diiagnostics button and it says windows not running on this computer so i click the start windows wirless server and it says windows cannot resolve your problem please contact your network admin or internet service provider. Any help pleeease??? Hi, Could you capture a screenshot of the diagnostics report for further research? I would like to double confirm whether the wireless network can be detected in Windows Vista.

If the wireless Router is configured as non-broadcast (hidden) network, refer to the following KB article: 929661 Connecting to non-broadcast wireless networks in Windows Vista If it is not configured as non-broadcast and the wireless network cannot be detected, please check the status of the network adapter: 1. Click Start, type Devmgmt.msc in the Start Search box, and press Enter. Expand Network Adapters and check if there is any error shown on the NIC adapter. If the wireless network has been detected but cannot be connected, please let me know the exact wording of the error message. It would be better if you would capture a screenshot for me. Additionally, If SP1 has not been installed, please install the Windows Vista SP1 on this machine in order to fix the related issues. Hi, Could you capture a screenshot of the diagnostics report for further research?