XP SP2 Keeps Displaying Wireless Conndection Unavailable

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Hi Emyr,

If you are in a state that you do not want to be notified of "not being
connected" or that there are "wireless networks available", you can disable
the wireless NIC and the balloons will stop.

"Emyr" <nospamplease@fakeemail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anybody please help. This is an extreemely annoying feature that has
> appeared after installing XP SP2 on my Dell D800 laptop.
>
> When I'm away from a wireless network then I keep getting "Wireless
> Network Connection is not connected" bubble appearing about every few
> mins, sometimes every 1-2mins and is extreemely annoying. Almost as
> annoying as that damned paperclip. It's ok to be notified once connection
> is lost, but not continually.
>
> I've unticked the "Notify me when this connection has limited or no
> connectivity" box in the driver properties page with no change.
>
> I've even unticked the "Show icon in notification area when connected" box
> yet the icon remains and I still get this annoying popup.
>
> Anybody else experienced this and know how I can fix this?
>
> Regards
> Emyr
>
> P.S. Quote "XP SP2 Removes Annoying Pop-ups" ;-)
>