Wireless Card Snafu

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Looks like you just got a cool new virus.
--PA

"Scott" <golden@uslink.net> wrote in message news:42FD0DDC.1BE774DA@uslink.net...
> My wife has a new Gateway M320S notebook with WinXP Pro. Today, I
> was playing a .swf clip by opening it in IE. I set it up to "always
> open .swf files with IE". Then I took the url of another .swf and
> copied it to IE and hit enter. I saw a bunch of numbers scrolling
> down the screen, and the notebook crashed. After rebooting, it said
> it had "recovered from a serious error". After that, the Broadcom
> built-in wireless card on the computer couldn't find my wireless
> network. (I checked my home Linksys wireless router, and it connected
> fine with another laptop). I "restored" the notebook to an earlier date,
> but no change. On the new laptop, when I tired to "repair" the wireless
> connection, it suggested checking the BIOS to see if the wireless card
> was turned on. So I went into the BIOS. The "wireless solutions"
> setting was on "Restore". I changed the Wireless Power Setting to "On".
> After rebooting, it found the wireless network, and everything started
> working perfectly
>
> I'm glad the problem is solved. But, I'm wondering... what happened??
>
> Thanks!
> Scott