Hi,

I have had an IBM T42 used laptop for a year and always connected to my home wireless Belkin G router without problem, as well as wifi hotspots. I am running XP.

Recently, I purchased a VIRGIN Mobile USB modem for broadband. It installed and worked fine but when I uninstalled it and tried to go back to my own wireless network, I could not connect. The screen kept saying acquiring network address but was not able.

I just tried plugging into the router with a cable and it worked, but suddenly the wireless connected too. Now it is on the INTERNET without a cable. Can anyone guess what happened?

Oh btw, I have one yellow question mark in my device manager for an intel LPC controller. Is this related?Welcome to the forum.
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A committee of one has thins advice:
"Ifen  t'aint broken, dona fixum."   
The yellow ? means something is WRONG. U r probably missing a driver or miss CONFIGURED something. Try taking a  snap shot of Device Manger and POST it on a reply.