bugtraq - Re: Latest MS patches kill wireless networking?

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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:16:32 -0600
From: James Garrison <jhg@...ensgroup.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Latest MS patches kill wireless networking?


At MS' direction I reinstalled the patches one by one, rebooting
after each install.  The network problem did not occur.

James Garrison wrote:
> I installed the latest MS patches and after rebooting, my wireless
> network refused to connect.  It still showed excellent signal strength
> but was unable to establish a connection.  I tried using both the
> adapter's client (Intel PRO Set) and the standard Windows client,
> with identical results.
>
> Then I uninstalled the patches and this fixed the problem.
>
> The patches that were installed and then removed were:
>
> 913807
> 905756
> 913161
> 912945
> 904942
> 912475
>
> I'm in the process of opening a call with MS, and will post
> more information when it's available.
>

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