Updating windows xp wireless network password to see letters and numbers?

[kongsho]

Because the network password is numbers and letters for current wireless modems, I can't logon to my newest network password with XP OS which appears to expect numbers only to login. I have a vintage xp machine that has vintage multi-track audio recording software . The keyboard is not broke. I think network passwords used to be numbers only but modern OS network use letters and numbers so I thought there may be a workaround, patch, or update so XP can still logon to modern network wireless modems with both letters & numbers. If no one else found the need to do this fix, windows 2000 is close to XP; I could update to that if it provides letters and numbers for network passwords. I can still use USB thumb drives to transfer files. Nothing lasts forever.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Even XP allows you to type in an alphanumeric wireless key or password - so that's not the issue.

Your PC's wireless adapter is probably not compatible with WPA wireless encryption, it probably only recognises the older "WEP" encryption which has fewer characters, so you need to change from WPA to WEP wireless encryption in your wireless router's configuration utility.