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WiFi PC not on LAN unless logged on.Does anyone know how to get the wireless driver to load on Windows boot
vs user logon? I am trying to remote desktop to a WiFi PC but can not connect if I am not logged onto it first because the PC does not show up on the LAN until you logon to a user. This defeats the whole point. The WiFi driver does not load and the PC does not log onto the LAN until you log on as a user. Any ideas to set the driver as a Windows service? Hi
I do not think that there is a connection between drivers load on and logging to Network, if you have an active wireless card the drivers would load on boot. May be you would like to describe better your system, and what is Network log On and what is that need to be loaded. Jack (MVP-Networking). <m***@mfactortech.com> wrote in message Show quoteHide quote news:1152754048.196210.224720@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > Does anyone know how to get the wireless driver to load on Windows boot > vs user logon? I am trying to remote desktop to a WiFi PC but can not > connect if I am not logged onto it first because the PC does not show > up on the LAN until you logon to a user. This defeats the whole point. > The WiFi driver does not load and the PC does not log onto the LAN > until you log on as a user. Any ideas to set the driver as a Windows > service? > 1 Windows XP computer with a Belkin Wireless G Desktop Card - PCI
The computer does not show up on the LAN until after you log onto a Windows user account and the wireless configuration utility loads therefore we can not share files on that computer or remote desktop into that PC unless a user is logged in. I am not sure how much more descriptive I can be about this problem it is a fairly easy problem to explain and very comon from what I have heard and seen. Hi
You can log the user in automatically by downloading and installing TweakUI. The logon tab put the user name and pw. This page in the middle, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx Jack (MVP-Networking). <m***@mfactortech.com> wrote in message Show quoteHide quote news:1152829005.219673.222740@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >1 Windows XP computer with a Belkin Wireless G Desktop Card - PCI > > The computer does not show up on the LAN until after you log onto a > Windows user account and the wireless configuration utility loads > therefore we can not share files on that computer or remote desktop > into that PC unless a user is logged in. I am not sure how much more > descriptive I can be about this problem it is a fairly easy problem to > explain and very comon from what I have heard and seen. > That would fix part of the problem but when we log onto the computer
via Remote Desktop it logs the user off which kills the LAN connection and hence our main problem. Matt,
I guess all the other lurkers were waiting for somebody else to give you the news that it should work. I have about 15 wireless WinXP SP2 workstations. Half have Linksys WMP54G cards running 802.11g. The other half have Belkin cards. They connect when booted, Remote Desktop works fine. I reboot the workstations nightly and they always get the updates from WSUS. One AP is a Cisco Aironet 1100, the other is a Linksys WAP54G. The security is WPA with a pre-shared key, for now. The only problem I've had is the wireless workstations are slow to install software deployed via GP. Oh, sometimes a workstation will loose the conection & require a reboot, but the wireless network will go for weeks without that happening. I know I haven't provided any solutions, other than to say it worked for me with no problems right out of the box. Cleve <m***@mfactortech.com> wrote in message Show quoteHide quote news:1154109371.763684.114590@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > No one has a clue? > Cleve,
Thank you. The PC with the problem has a Belkin PCI wireless card. Now you are saying that your Belkin wireless cards load the wireless drivers and connect to the router/ show up on the LAN even with the PC at the logon screen? Matt Matt,
Yes, the PCs with Belkin cards connect to the Cisco AP and I can browse to them before anyone logs on. I confirmed it before my original posting. Cleve <m***@mfactortech.com> wrote in message Show quoteHide quote news:1154209230.130412.179580@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... > Cleve, > > Thank you. The PC with the problem has a Belkin PCI wireless card. Now > you are saying that your Belkin wireless cards load the wireless > drivers and connect to the router/ show up on the LAN even with the PC > at the logon screen? > > Matt > Hi,
I have the same problem with the Toshiba Satellite L100-141 notebook with Wireless b/g card in it. It disconnects just from my WLAN just after a user logs out. If it boots up it does not connect neither, so no one is able to connect to our NetWare network directly using this notebook Show quoteHide quote "m***@mfactortech.com" wrote: > Does anyone know how to get the wireless driver to load on Windows boot > vs user logon? I am trying to remote desktop to a WiFi PC but can not > connect if I am not logged onto it first because the PC does not show > up on the LAN until you logon to a user. This defeats the whole point. > The WiFi driver does not load and the PC does not log onto the LAN > until you log on as a user. Any ideas to set the driver as a Windows > service? > > I have discovered that the PROSet/Wireless Software 10.1.1.3 does support
initiating a WiFi connection at boot up. It's called Persistent connection and can be created with the Administrator tool. The downside to persistent connection is that it is temporarily dropped when a user logs in and thus switches to their WiFi profile. There is also a Pre-logon/Common connection support which if I understand the documentation will maintain the Persistent connection throughout login/logout. But disables the Multi-User Icon based Welcome/Login screen and forces the use of the dialog box prompt login screen where each user has to enter there user id. Something about security, domains and fast user switching. Windows XP Pro Intel RRO/Wireless 2915ABG Intel PROSet/Wireless Software 10.1.1.3 Show quoteHide quote "thomas" <tho***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7D157FEE-887E-42C0-8AB6-D731D8FB4429@microsoft.com... > Hi, > I have the same problem with the Toshiba Satellite L100-141 notebook with > Wireless b/g card in it. It disconnects just from my WLAN just after a > user > logs out. If it boots up it does not connect neither, so no one is able to > connect to our NetWare network directly using this notebook > > "m***@mfactortech.com" wrote: > >> Does anyone know how to get the wireless driver to load on Windows boot >> vs user logon? I am trying to remote desktop to a WiFi PC but can not >> connect if I am not logged onto it first because the PC does not show >> up on the LAN until you logon to a user. This defeats the whole point. >> The WiFi driver does not load and the PC does not log onto the LAN >> until you log on as a user. Any ideas to set the driver as a Windows >> service? >> >> Here's how I achieved ability to establish wireless connection at boot up
without need for a user to login. Install/Add the Intel® PROSet/Wireless Administrator Tool option (see Intel® PROSet/Wireless help Administrator section for instructions). Use the Intel® PROSet/Wireless Administration Tool to create and apply a new "package" containing both Persistent and Pre-Login/Common Profile. The above profile will be used to establish a wireless connection when no user(s) are logged on and will also be available to all users (common). However the wireless connection will be interrupted during user login and logout due to switching between the Persistent profile and a user's profile (even if the persistent/common profile is used by the user). To prevent the wireless connection from being interrupted during user login/logout, Install/Add the Intel® PROSet/Wireless Pre-Logon option (see Intel® PROSet/Wireless help Administrator section for instructions) and restart computer. The Pre-Logon option will disable the Windows Welcome GUI Login Screen and Fast User Switching. To restore these features delete this registry key and restart computer. WARNING, If you don't know what you are doing then don't do this. Registry backup is always recommended before editing the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon GinaDLL REG_SZ IWPDGINA.DLL Login as a user with administrator privileges and open 'User Accounts' from 'Control' panel and select 'Change the way users log on or off'. Now the wireless network connection should established during boot up and should not be interrupted during user login/logout and the Windows Welcome GUI Login and Fast User Switch features remain available. Windows XP Pro / Home Intel RRO/Wireless 2915ABG Intel PROSet/Wireless Software 10.1.1.3 Show quoteHide quote "Allen" <N***@NOYB.org> wrote in message news:%23JdZAqS1GHA.4648@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I have discovered that the PROSet/Wireless Software 10.1.1.3 does support >initiating a WiFi connection at boot up. It's called Persistent connection >and can be created with the Administrator tool. The downside to persistent >connection is that it is temporarily dropped when a user logs in and thus >switches to their WiFi profile. > > There is also a Pre-logon/Common connection support which if I understand > the documentation will maintain the Persistent connection throughout > login/logout. But disables the Multi-User Icon based Welcome/Login screen > and forces the use of the dialog box prompt login screen where each user > has to enter there user id. Something about security, domains and fast > user switching. > > Windows XP Pro > > Intel RRO/Wireless 2915ABG > > Intel PROSet/Wireless Software 10.1.1.3 > > > > > > "thomas" <tho***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7D157FEE-887E-42C0-8AB6-D731D8FB4429@microsoft.com... >> Hi, >> I have the same problem with the Toshiba Satellite L100-141 notebook with >> Wireless b/g card in it. It disconnects just from my WLAN just after a >> user >> logs out. If it boots up it does not connect neither, so no one is able >> to >> connect to our NetWare network directly using this notebook >> >> "m***@mfactortech.com" wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know how to get the wireless driver to load on Windows boot >>> vs user logon? I am trying to remote desktop to a WiFi PC but can not >>> connect if I am not logged onto it first because the PC does not show >>> up on the LAN until you logon to a user. This defeats the whole point. >>> The WiFi driver does not load and the PC does not log onto the LAN >>> until you log on as a user. Any ideas to set the driver as a Windows >>> service? >>> >>> > > 
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