I have a dell latitude 610 computer and just started using a wpc54g linksys wireless card adapter. I have a linksys wrt54g wireless g broadband router that I first was hooked up to via a ethernet cable that is hooked to my HUGHES satellite modem and it worked fine. When I installed the card it would not recognize the router. I used the easylink advisor that is set up on another laptop to add this dell, it told me to connect it with a ethernet cable,and go online per the instructions of the easylink advisor and download a program from the internet which I did. After this it was able to acess the internet through the wireless. But when I shut the computer down and tried later it would not connect to the router. Called Linksys and was told to go to the wireless network connections under wireless tab and check ,use windows to configure my wireless network settings, after checking this box it will connect to the router. But EVERYTIME I shut down my computer and resart I have to go through the same PROCESS because it is not saving the command. Can you tell me how I can get it to save so I don't have to do this everytime.Iam using windows xp. Any help would be appreciated.There is likely a piece of software that came with the wireless card, or your notebook that is automatically running on startup and changing that setting.

I would check and see what software is running with a name like "linksys configuration utility" or "Linksys wireless configuration" or something similar. Many Dell computers also ship with wireless cards included and have their own "wireless configuration" software.

You may need to remove this software to prevent it from making this settings change, but before you remove it just prevent it from running at startup. If that solves your problem you can delete it, but by testing it first you save yourself the TROUBLE of having to reinstall if its needed.

You can test out preventing it from running at startup by using MSCONFIG. Just go to Start, RUN and then type in msconfig.

Click on the tabs and uncheck WHATEVER you do not want to run.