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I tried to install the upgrade today. When I uninstalled the WLAN Card Utility, I lost my internet connection. That scared me so i quit and did a system restore. So are you saying that I will lose my wireless internet connection, but if I finish with the upgrade I will get it back?? I am not that knowledgeable about what to do if I don 't get wireless capability again, so I would rather not do the upgrade than take the risk unless I know it will be OK after the upgrade.

If you have a Dell computer it will most likely come with a utility called l"Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utilitys". This utility is available to manage your wireless networks. Windows also has a utility to manage your wireless networks. A problem can arise when both utilities are enabled and both of them are trying to manage your wireless networks. The solution is to disable one of the utilities. We recommend that you disable the Dell utility and let Windows manage your wireless networks. To do so, there are two options: Option 1 -Open the Dell utility by clicking on Start--Programs--Dell Wireless -On the Wireless Networks tab, uncheck the box t"Let this tool manage your wireless networks " and click Apply Option 2 -Click on Start--Run and type in services.msc -Right-click on the service called Dell Wireless WLAN Utility and click on Properties. -For the Startup type select Disabled.

The Add menu allows you to use either the Wireless Network Wizard (see Connecting to a Basic Network or Creating an Ad Hoc Network Using the Wireless Network Wizardn") or the utility (see n"Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utilityt") to add a network connection profile.

The status of your network connection is also indicated by the appearance of the utility icon . The number and color of the bars indicates the strength or weakness of the signal (see Table 1. Signal Strength Indicated by the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility Icon for details). To view the network name (SSID), speed, signal strength rating, connection status, and the client IP address of the network connection, move your mouse pointer over the utility icon. NOTE: On computers running Windows XP, you also can view the SSID, speed, signal strength rating, and connection status by moving your mouse pointer over the Windows Wireless Network Connection icon in the notification area.