my laptop has vista home premium and win7 dualbooted, and the wireless adapter only works properly on the vista. both versions are 32bit and use updated drivers. heres my info: Details about network adapter diagnosis: Network adapter Wireless Network Connection driver information: Description . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11g Mini Card Wireless Adapter Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : MICRO-STAR International Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Ralink Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.0.4.0 Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : c:\program files\msi\msi wireless lan card\installer\winxp\rt73.inf Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:16:00 PM Section Name . . . . . . . . . : MSI.ndi Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : usb\vid_0db0&pid_6877 Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x180600a Device Manager Status Code . . : 0 IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 71 Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 9 Diagnostics Information (Wireless Connectivity) Details about wireless connectivity diagnosis: Information for connection being diagnosed Interface GUID: d5e641ce-cd4b-47e1-91b6-08adf2392631 Interface name: 802.11g Mini Card Wireless Adapter Interface type: Native WiFi Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No Connection incident diagnosed Auto Configuration ID: 16 Connection ID: 17 Connection status summary Connection started at: 2009-01-14 18:37:33-116 Profile match: Success Pre-Association: Success Association: Success Security and Authentication: Fail List of visible access point(s): 1 item(s) total, 1 item(s) displayed BSSID BSS Type PHY Signal(dB) Chnl/freq SSID ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00-18-F8-BA-01-BA Infra g -36 6 Plonowscy Connection History Information for Auto Configuration ID 17 List of visible networks: 1 item(s) total, 1 item(s) displayed BSS Type PHY Security Signal(RSSI) Compatible SSID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infra g Yes 100 Yes Plonowscy List of preferred networks: 1 item(s) Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Set by group policy: No Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No Connectable: Yes Information for Connection ID 18 Connection started at: 2009-01-14 18:37:45-064 Auto Configuration ID: 17 Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Pre-Association and Association Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Profile matches network requirements: Success Pre-association status: Success Association status: Success Last AP: 00-18-f8-ba-01-ba Security and Authentication Configured security type: WPA-PSK Configured encryption type: TKIP 802.1X protocol: No Key exchange initiated: Yes Unicast key received: Yes Multicast key received: No Number of security packets received: 2 Number of security packets sent: 2 Security attempt status: Success Information for Auto Configuration ID 16 List of visible networks: 1 item(s) total, 1 item(s) displayed BSS Type PHY Security Signal(RSSI) Compatible SSID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infra g Yes 100 Yes Plonowscy List of preferred networks: 1 item(s) Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Set by group policy: No Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No Connectable: No Reason: 0x00028006 Information for Connection ID 17 Connection started at: 2009-01-14 18:37:33-116 Auto Configuration ID: 16 Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Pre-Association and Association Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Profile matches network requirements: Success Pre-association status: Success Association status: Success Last AP: 00-18-f8-ba-01-ba Security and Authentication Configured security type: WPA-PSK Configured encryption type: TKIP 802.1X protocol: No Key exchange initiated: Yes Unicast key received: Yes Multicast key received: No Number of security packets received: 2 Number of security packets sent: 2 Security attempt status: Fail 0x0003800b Information for Connection ID 16 Connection started at: 2009-01-14 18:36:42-996 Auto Configuration ID: 16 Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Pre-Association and Association Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Profile matches network requirements: Success Pre-association status: Success Association status: Fail 0x00038002 Association reason code: 0x00000002 Information for Auto Configuration ID 15 List of visible networks: 1 item(s) total, 1 item(s) displayed BSS Type PHY Security Signal(RSSI) Compatible SSID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infra g Yes 100 Yes Plonowscy List of preferred networks: 1 item(s) Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Set by group policy: No Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No Connectable: No Reason: 0x00028006 Information for Connection ID 15 Connection started at: 2009-01-14 18:35:41-058 Auto Configuration ID: 15 Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Pre-Association and Association Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Profile matches network requirements: Success Pre-association status: Success Association status: Fail 0x00038002 Association reason code: 0x00000002 Diagnostics Information (Wireless Connectivity) Details about wireless connectivity diagnosis: For complete information about this session see the wireless connectivity information event. Helper Class: Auto Configuration Initialize status: Success Information for connection being diagnosed Interface GUID: d5e641ce-cd4b-47e1-91b6-08adf2392631 Interface name: 802.11g Mini Card Wireless Adapter Interface type: Native WiFi Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security: Yes Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No Result of diagnosis: Problem found Issue referred to: L2Sec Helper Class Root cause: Windows could not connect to "Plonowscy" You can try to connect again. Repair option: Try connecting to "Plonowscy" again, or connect to a different network If you still can't connect to the network and you are the administrator, turn off your wireless router or access point, wait at least 10 seconds, turn it back on, and then try connecting again. Diagnostics Information (L2sec Helper Class) Details about L2Sec Helper Class diagnosis: For complete information about this session see the Wireless Diagnostic Informational Event. Helper Class: Layer2 Security Initialize Status: Success Result of diagnosis: There may be a problem Information for connection being diagnosed Interface GUID: {d5e641ce-cd4b-47e1-91b6-08adf2392631} Interface name: 802.11g Mini Card Wireless Adapter Interface type: Native WiFi Profile: Plonowscy SSID: Plonowscy SSID length: 9 Connection mode: Infra Security enabled: Yes Connection ID: 17 Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No Profile matches network requirements: Yes Pre-Association and association status: Success Security and Authentication: Configured security type: Wireless Protected Access with pre-shared keys (WPA-PSK) Configured Encryption type: TKIP Security connect status: Fail 0x0003800b Number of security packets received: 2 Number of security packets sent: 2 802.1X protocol: No Key exchange initiated: Yes Unicast keys received: Yes Multicast keys received: No

the issue is that the adapter finds networks successfully, but fails to connect.sorry i didnt mention it in the first post.

Is the network you are trying to connect to using any security (i realize this may sound like a dumb question) I had an issue connecting to a wifi net that was using wep and W7 would see the network, attempt and fail to connect, present the option to run diags but never presented an option to enter the wep key. I eventually found a way to manually enter the key. but it seems like that option was missing, it was there in Vista. (Seems like this should be a bit more accessable)CheersBR

Would you mind "sharing" as to where you found the place to enter the WEP key? I have the same problem on mine.Thanks,

yea i was having the same problems my self. id lik to set it up. lol

I had the same issue on my dell laptop running vista, and i solved it the simplest way: rebooting the laptop.I have noticed that sometimes, after a dozen sleep-wake sessions, the computer gets unusually slow and/or unable to connect to any wireless or wired network. It simply won't be able to find the dhcp host and/or make a ping. I had tried many different settings and restarted my router several times, but after all the only way I could solve it was simply rebooting the pc.