Network Authentication Setting in XPpro keeps changing

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I'm having the same problem, does anybody have an answer to this?

In my case even changing it doesn't seem to help, because it never connects
and I go back into the settings and it's gone back to OPEN again, even
though it was saved with SHARED!!!!

What's UP???

Thanks
James

"drhugh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:964A23CE-219F-4921-920B-78131C1C09F3@microsoft.com...
> I am using Windows XP pro with an existing 128 bit encrypted network. I
can connect just fine, however whenever I go out of range and lose the
signal and need to reconnect I find that the setting has changed for
"Network Authentication" from Shared to Open. I then need to go back in and
reset this back to Shared in order to get back onto my network. Its getting
mnore than a little tedious as I move around a lot with my laptop and was
wondering if I had set something up incorrectly. I am using an Intel 2011b
LAN card and a Macintosh Airport Extreme AP. Does anyone have any ideas?