Since I've upgraded my laptop to Windows 8 and now 8.1 I'm no longer able to connect to the several "Shared WEP" wireless networks that I need to connect to. I am NOT an administrator to these networks so I'm unable to change the security type, so I am not interested in any responses from anybody telling me that I need to avoid using WEP. The administrators refuse to change the setting, so I'm stuck trying to fix this problem myself.
Does anybody know of a work-around or a fix? Is there anything I can install to get it to work? The security type "Shared" is simply not an option when managing the networks from Windows 8.
This is really unfortunate because I was going to purchase a Microsoft Surface tablet....but if there's no way to get it to connect to the networks like I need it to, it would be a huge waste of money......just as it was to "upgrade" Windows.
Thanks in advance!