Wireless laptop cannot connect to LAN

[eagle136]

Hi,

I am trying to connect a new DELL laptop (WinXP Pro SP2) to an existing
cabled network. The network is set up as follows:

Server: Fedora Core 1
2 x WinXP Pro: using cable (CAT5)
1 x WinXP Pro: using wireless
1x laptop WinXPPro : using wireless

The new laptop (Dell latitude 505) connects to all shares if using a cable
but not via wireless. It can only connect to the other laptop through the
wireless connection. I have copied all settings from the other laptop to
the new one but it still refuses to connect!

does anone have any ideas here?

[Spider]

I'm just going to paste a tutorial I have on duplicating user profiles. Since your on a network just think
of the "admin2" directions as your profile folder on your new install machine. Your going to basically
copy a working admin profile to the glitch machine.

- Create a new admin account (say admin2 in this example)
- make a folder "c:\copied.admin.profile"
- reboot and log on to the new admin account
- right-click My Computer, left-click Properties
- Advanced(tab)
- User Profiles - Settings(button)
- highlight the admin account you want to duplicate
- Copy To...(button)
- Browse to the "c:\copied.admin.profile" folder and click OK. It's going to tell you the folder already exists etc, click Yes
- reboot and log on as the regular admin
- go to C:\Documents and Settings\admin2 and delete everything it in (your need to have "show hidden files and folders" enabled in Windows Explorer)
- go to the new profile folder "c:\copied.admin.profile" and copy everything inside that folder
- paste into C:\Documents and Settings\admin2 folder

The order is mandatory and reboot means reboot not switch users or log off etc. Follow those instructions
to-the-letter and you won't have any problems.
You also need to have Show hidden files and folders enabled in Windows Explorer menu...
Tools
Folder Options...
View(tab)
Show hidden files and folders (put a dot in the radio button)

All permissions and registry settings etc. (from original admin) will now be in admin2. Log off and switching
users will suffice now instead of full reboots.

[eagle136]

Thanks for the tip, but when accessing the User Profiles - Settings button, the option to \Copy To is greyed out. I am logging as an administrator account. I tried to create a further admin account with the same result. I assume the setting of which you write are kept in the NTUSER.DAT files, which cannot be copied normally as they ar ein use. Any other ideas?

[Spider]

After creating the new account you don't go straight to the "Copy To", you have to log
out and then log in to the new account to do the copying.
- Create a new admin account (say admin2 in this example)
- make a folder "c:\copied.admin.profile"
- reboot and log on to the new admin account

I should have numbered those instructions and told you the order is mandatory.

Also, sorry no short cuts here. Reboot means reboot not switch users etc.
Follow the instructions to-the-letter and you won't have any probs.

[Spider]

Ok, I've edited the instructions so they read better.