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   From: rotten@pple.com   
      
   "XX"  wrote in message   
   news:ky6Vn.709$dx7.255@newsfe21.iad...   
   >   
   > "Justin"  wrote in message   
   > news:i02m4m$1nj$5@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >> On 06/25/2010 10:30 AM, Rotten Apple wrote:   
   >>> "Justin"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:i00plj$s5g$3@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>> On 06/24/2010 05:12 PM, Rotten Apple wrote:   
   >>>>> "ray"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:88hv5eF8dtU6@mid.individual.net...   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:43:39 -0400, Justin wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Here is yet another failure for Windows 7. Here's the Readers'   
   >>>>>>> Digest   
   >>>>>>> version of whats going on.  The Win7 drivers aren't fully compatible   
   >>>>>>> with the Wireless 802.11. So it works fine without any encryption   
   >>>>>>> but   
   >>>>>>> the instant I secure the network - "Windows 7 was unable to connect   
   >>>>>>> to   
   >>>>>>> the network." I installed Ubuntu on the machine - worked like a   
   >>>>>>> champ -   
   >>>>>>> WPA2 personal and all.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> So, how about if one of you Microsoft trolls explain how this is   
   >>>>>>> actually a design feature or is somehow my fault.  Remember I have   
   >>>>>>> 10+   
   >>>>>>> years of IT experience I know how to solve driver problems. The fact   
   >>>>>>> that there are no Win 7 drivers for this wireless adapter is all   
   >>>>>>> Microsoft's fault.  I guess Microsoft just doesn't have the   
   >>>>>>> resources   
   >>>>>>> or   
   >>>>>>> brainpower to fix this little problem. Oh well.   
   >>>>>>> The laptop is my brother's.  He told me to spec out a new laptop for   
   >>>>>>> him.  A Macbook Pro.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That would be yet another example of MS planned obsolescence. They'd   
   >>>>>> rather have you get your win7 up on a new computer - they are hardly   
   >>>>>> interested in backwards compatibility.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It might be if this were a real computer being discussed.   Note the   
   >>>>> absence   
   >>>>> of manufacturer's name and model number.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Maybe if you post the same thing ten more times it will be true!  I saw   
   >>>> somebody click her heels together and was magically teleported home.   
   >>>> It   
   >>>> was a Star Trek movie, I think.   
   >>>   
   >>> It got you to Google up a laptop model number.    But not well enough.   
   >>> You   
   >>> picked one with the drivers you said you couldn't find.   
   >>>   
   >>> http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?st=pn¶m=1014291R   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Tried it, didn't work.   
   >   
   > And a technical failure to boot!  Is there ANYTHING you can do with even a   
   > modicum of skill.   
      
   He earned the dunce cap he's wearing.   
      
   --   
   "I don't need one either. My MacBook Pro goes nearly everywhere I go. I   
   simply have no need for one. " -- Alan Baker on the iPad   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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