WinXP Home client can't connect to WPA network

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I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected network.
When I try to join the network I get the following error message:

"Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."

I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have gotten
the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well with
no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.

Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

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Have you downloaded and installed the XP Patch for WPA????
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ThankYou.aspx?familyId=009d8425-ce2b-47a4-abec-274845dc9e91&displayLang=en

Robert.....
"Michelle Dady" <Michelle Dady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2257BDEA-C51D-4658-90F4-94AB8CA9F14B@microsoft.com...
>I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected
>network.
> When I try to join the network I get the following error message:
>
> "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."
>
> I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have
> gotten
> the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well
> with
> no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
> network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.
>
> Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

 

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That is a pre sp2 fix that is rolled up into sp2. I tried to install it
anyway and it states that you can only install that fix on top of sp1.

"DLink Guru" wrote:

> Have you downloaded and installed the XP Patch for WPA????
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ThankYou.aspx?familyId=009d8425-ce2b-47a4-abec-274845dc9e91&displayLang=en
>
> Robert.....
> "Michelle Dady" <Michelle Dady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2257BDEA-C51D-4658-90F4-94AB8CA9F14B@microsoft.com...
> >I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected
> >network.
> > When I try to join the network I get the following error message:
> >
> > "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."
> >
> > I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have
> > gotten
> > the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well
> > with
> > no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
> > network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.
> >
> > Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>
>

 

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There is no "generic" problem with XP Home that prevents it from
connecting to a WPA protected wireless network. I have several XP Home
SP2 machines connecting to an access point using WPA.

I'm not sure what the problem is in this case, but I don't think it's
related to XP Home.

 

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Are you absolutely sure that both cards have hardware\driver support for
WPA. Alot of cards do not.

-Harry Bates

"Michelle Dady" <Michelle Dady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2257BDEA-C51D-4658-90F4-94AB8CA9F14B@microsoft.com...
> I have a WinXP Home client that will not connect to a WPA protected
network.
> When I try to join the network I get the following error message:
>
> "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network...."
>
> I have tried multiple wireless network cards in this machine and have
gotten
> the same error. I have tried updating the drivers on the cards as well
with
> no avail. If I try the same cards on another XP machine I can join the
> network just fine. I am running SP2 on this box as well.
>
> Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!