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(Solved) why win xp could not decode to actual pw, when win seven does show
jraju:
hi, you mean as pen drive. if that is so, should i disable the present ethernet adapter. will the dongle ,or adapter include the ethernet also.
I am asking as i do not know about that . Regarding update sp one,i had formatted it by a tech, who just installed the operating system and disabled the updates.
Yes, i updated, when i was having the previous hard drive. everything was lost from it, as hdd failrure total
Boggin:
The wireless dongle is purely for wireless and you don't need to do anything with the Ethernet card.
If you don't want to use Ethernet then don't Ethernet connect, but it will be there for whenever you do need it.
I would suggest you turn on Windows Updates as they include security patches to stop exploits.
As you don't seemed to have installed any, then you could be looking at about 1GB worth of which some will be for Win 10.
The actual Win 10 upgrade one is in excess of 2GB.
If you do go ahead with Windows Updates, change the setting to Check for but let me choose... and when they are presented, just download a few at a time after clicking on each and then on the More info link in the right pane.
Unchecking the top box will deselect them all so that you just need to check the boxes for those you want then do the same for the Optional ones.
If you don't want Win 10 then you can right click on them and select Hide for those you don't want to install.
SP1 takes about 30 mins on its own so the rest will take a fair while to download and install as well.
jraju:
Hi, Boggins, when i tried to convert my retrieved xp hex to a converter, it converts it to text, but that is in machine language even in windows 7. The resultant is not characters and alpha, i used as pw, but it is funny characters having ?inside a box, squares of different size etc.etc.
Am i missing something, to get the pw string from these hex decimals
Regarding updating i will try to follow your methods.
Is there any manual way of connecting to the wireless with this ethernet adaptor.
Boggin:
No, Ethernet adapters are for Ethernet and Wireless adapters are for Wireless.
The password should be on the router if it's an ISP supplied one, but will be exactly the same for your wireless connection on the laptop.
On that machine, open Network and Sharing Center then click on the Wireless connection then on Wireless Properties and under the Security tab you will see a number of dots which represent the password which can be unhidden - you don't need to go trying to decrypt anything.
jraju:
Hi, Boggins. i saw it. How could it be unhidden. Please. Ofcourse, the wireless network password was entered at the time of configuring. How to access. The confirm password is greyed and the password has dots numbering 8.
Please how to do.
Then what is the advantage of having the wireless dongle in windows 7. No use? or has use?
The wireless password is being asked for the first time you try the connection.Please say whether it is useful to have a wireless dongle of dlink, of which co router i possess . dlink 2730u router
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