Hivemind question: I have an Acer 5040 laptop with an AMD Turion and broadcom g internal wifi modem. I am trying to get on a LEAP authenticated network, and I've been told that my modem is not LEAP certified so it won't work. Now I need to buy a new internal wifi modem. What's the difference between mini-PC cards and expess mini cards, and how do I determine which one will fit in my laptop? Also will intel cards work with my athlon processer?

ETA: Never mind, I got the broadcom to work with LEAP.

Huh. The nova that was supr all those years ago has returned.

Ok. Feeling very stupid, but what does this error message mean? I'm afraid it means something very bad...

"Another wireless network utilty is communicating with the Intel PRO/Wireless adapter?"

Really small thing that irritates me: I am on a windows XP machine at work. Somehow the default for looking at folders in My Computer is tiles. I like lists. Is there a way to change the default?

Look under the View menu, flea. There should be an option for both List and Details.

vw, what OS are you using?

Taking the message to be correct, it doesn't necessarily sound terrible. Sounds like two different programs are trying to use the wireless adapter at the same time. Which is odd, as normally the OS would have direct control over the adapter and all programs that need internet access would go though the OS. So possibly some network utility you don't know about is trying to get direct access to the wireless?

Anyway, that's the theory....

I have Windows XP Professional.

Ok. Maybe I just need to reboot. I was afraid someone was trying to access my computer.

Do I have to change the View setting for every single folder I go into, though? There's not a way to do it globally?

Go to Tools --> Folder Options. Click the View tab. Click the Apply to All Folders button. (make sure your current folder looks like you want, obviously.)

Rebooting fixed it! Thanks.