Wifi in Windows XP

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Compass wrote on 2011-10-22 00:04

Does anyone know how to get Wifi working in windows XP?
I have a wireless card built in but Windows XP doesn't have a built in wifi function like vista and 7 do.

Also I downgraded from vista it's terrible and I can't install 7. :S
Also the laptop originally came with windows XP but it got "upgraded" to vista before I got it.

Any ideas?
Sapphireoath wrote on 2011-10-22 01:07

I haven't used XP for a long time, so I'm not sure how you use wireless in it. This might be of help though: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/windowsxpnetworking/a/automaticwifixp.htm
Yoorah wrote on 2011-10-22 01:13

XP supports wifi just fine. o_o;
What you may lack is the wireless driver for your card. Go to the laptop manufacturer's site, locate the driver download section for your model and grab the wireless driver from there. xd