Thanks for your detailed reply. Please read all details:
__ re: resetting connection:
the netbook can connect fine via RJ45 to the same router that it is trying to connect via wifi, , how will that interface with resetting the TCP/IP stack & Winsock? (I do disconnect the ethernet cable when trying to use wifi).
Please tell me if I have to do this procedure, as I do not want to risk damaging the only TCP/IP internet communication I have left that works in Windows, the connectivity thru RJ45.
__What part of the Intel® PROSet
manual diagnostics says there is no adapter found?
When I right-click on the Proset utility icon in the systray, it comes up saying "No supported WiFi adapters available in the system.
__ Did the adapter come preinstalled with your system?
yes
__Did it work before at any moment?
As mentioned in the title of this thread, i owrks in linux. More specifically,
in Linux, (booting a distro from a flashdrive), it works natively, with no install needed.
But it has not as yet, ever worked in Windows, though updating the driver in Device Manager reports that the driver is current, and the "device is working properly".
__you may check with the computer manufacturer if there is any
other software application or hardware switch that enables
WiFi in Windows* for your specific system.
Softwarewise, I have not loaded any HP WiFi software utility, there should be no default shutoff from inside Windows, I have never seen that happen.
The WiFi hardware switch LED is blue (=on) while I'm trying to connect.
By the way, I don't now what is the equivalent in Win7Pro, of the Windows XP Zero Wireless Configuration service?
I'm hoping you can help, because sadly I had to give up before already, on the Intel internal WiFi adapter on other older laptops, I resorted to adding-on USB WiFi adapters ... I really don't want to be short-changed on this business-class notebook, which is small should be properly portable... it should work all in one piece, without having to use externals....
It seems to me that everything is OK with the hardware on this adapter, and its Windows installation, it's only the Proset utility which can't work with it...?
Is it supposed to work with the model "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1000" ?
(As a perspective, I had a similar problem on another netbook model, connecting via WiFi in Linux but not n Windows, this time it had a WiFi Broadcom adapter, I had only installed the driver, in Windows. The connectivity problem was resolved simply by installing the Broadcom utility.)
Thanks