wireless network setup wizard error message?

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i'm trying to share files etc with my laptop and desktop. i have a cable
modem with a router from it. my desktop is physically connected to the
router; the laptop via wireless. i have internet on both machines which is
working fine.
my problem is getting the file sharing going. when i run the wireless
network wizard (assuming that that is what i should be doing!) i get to the
stage with the memory stick and the USB... when i put the memory stick into
the desktop, i get the following error message, which i cannot find anywhere
on the internet...
"The wizard cannot create a wireless network, either because a wireless
network adapter is not installed or because software for the wireless adapter
is not installed"
please can someone tell me what this means?!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hi
I would take it in two steps.

1. Make sure that you have a viable Wireless connection.

As an example if you can use the Internet from the Wireless computer you have a viable
Wireless connection.

Wireless - Basic Configuration: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

2. Only if you have viable connection there is a point to set Windows network sharing.

File Sharing: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).




"Mary" <Mary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F402B599-61CA-49D7-ACA9-E23AE4E246FE@microsoft.com...
> To share files you need to use the Networking Wizard, not the wireless
> wizard. You also need to share the files on the individual computers by
> choosing which folders to share and right clicking on each one and selecting
> Sharing and Security. Read the info in Help by searching for 'Networking.'
> You must name your home network (MSHOME is the bad default name) and use that
> workgroup name on both computers, which must also have individual different
> computer names. Then look up security and make sure your wireless network is
> secure or your neighbors can tap into it. You don't want to share your
> Internet connection or your files with your neighbors.
> The wireless wizard will not run on the computer that doesn't have a
> wireless connection. That's why you get the error.
>
> "nik" wrote:
>
> > i'm trying to share files etc with my laptop and desktop. i have a cable
> > modem with a router from it. my desktop is physically connected to the
> > router; the laptop via wireless. i have internet on both machines which is
> > working fine.
> > my problem is getting the file sharing going. when i run the wireless
> > network wizard (assuming that that is what i should be doing!) i get to the
> > stage with the memory stick and the USB... when i put the memory stick into
> > the desktop, i get the following error message, which i cannot find anywhere
> > on the internet...
> > "The wizard cannot create a wireless network, either because a wireless
> > network adapter is not installed or because software for the wireless adapter
> > is not installed"
> > please can someone tell me what this means?!