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Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7

M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Nice flame war you have going here.
My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
wireless access we have on our apt complex.
Our network is wired and we prefer it that way for secuity reasons.
Husband is paranoid that the neighboors can see his pc the way he sees
theirs.
What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
more I need to check?
Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
simply re-installs it during the next boot.
I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
TIA.
 
S

Seth

Flightless Bird
"machinemessiah" <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.26f0988a925e96bc989688@news.giganews.com...
> Nice flame war you have going here.
> My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
> It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
> Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
> Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
> wireless access we have on our apt complex.
> Our network is wired and we prefer it that way for secuity reasons.
> Husband is paranoid that the neighboors can see his pc the way he sees
> theirs.
> What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
> I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
> more I need to check?
> Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
> simply re-installs it during the next boot.
> I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
> this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
> Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
> newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.

Which Dell? All of mine (Lattitude line) actually have a hardware switch on
the side.

Otherwise, you can go into Control Panel --> Network and Sharing Center,
then Change Adapter Settings. Right-click on the wireless adapter and choose
disable.
 
K

KCB

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless services/devices on Win 7

"machinemessiah" <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.26f0988a925e96bc989688@news.giganews.com...
> Nice flame war you have going here.
> My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
> It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
> Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
> Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
> wireless access we have on our apt complex.
> Our network is wired and we prefer it that way for secuity reasons.
> Husband is paranoid that the neighboors can see his pc the way he sees
> theirs.
> What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
> I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
> more I need to check?
> Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
> simply re-installs it during the next boot.
> I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
> this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
> Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
> newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
> TIA.

Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center. On the left, click 'Change
adapter settings'. You should then see your wired and wireless adapters
listed. Right-click your wireless adapter, and select Disable.
 
J

Justin

Flightless Bird
On 09/07/2010 07:45 PM, machinemessiah wrote:
> Nice flame war you have going here.
> My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
> It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
> Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
> Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
> wireless access we have on our apt complex.
> Our network is wired and we prefer it that way for secuity reasons.
> Husband is paranoid that the neighboors can see his pc the way he sees
> theirs.
> What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
> I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
> more I need to check?
> Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
> simply re-installs it during the next boot.
> I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
> this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
> Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
> newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
> TIA.


Howdy, we need more info. What model Dell? Most of the Latitudes have
stitches on the side, like the D620 I'm on.
I suggest windows7forums.com
 
N

News123

Flightless Bird
On 09/08/2010 01:45 AM, machinemessiah wrote:
> Nice flame war you have going here.
> My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
> It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
> Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
> Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
> wireless access we have on our apt complex.
> Our network is wired and we prefer it that way for secuity reasons.
> Husband is paranoid that the neighboors can see his pc the way he sees
> theirs.
> What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
> I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
> more I need to check?
> Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
> simply re-installs it during the next boot.
> I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
> this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
> Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
> newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
> TIA.

You seem to have several issues.
1.) How to disable your wireless adapter?

For this you got already some suggestions.


2.) Why does your PC automaticaly connect to a wireless access point if
your wireless adapter is activated?

On my PC's I had to explicitely tell my PC, that it is allowed to
connect to a given access point.
Normally you have also to enter the access point's password

Did you configure it to do so?
If yes is it your access point?

3.) Why is the wireless access point not decently protected?

If it is your access point, then why don't you just switch over to WPA
and change the password.
 
T

Tim Slattery

Flightless Bird
machinemessiah <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote:

>My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
>It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
>Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
>Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
>wireless access we have on our apt complex.

So this is a wireless network provided by your apartment complex? If
you can see other computers, then you must have joined the network. If
you disconnect from it, that should solve the problem.

If you do decide to join it, be sure to tell the OS that it's a public
network. That will prevent it from broadcasting your presence and
making your resources available to others.

--
Tim Slattery
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
 
N

Nancy

Flightless Bird
On 9/7/2010 8:33 PM, Seth wrote:
>
> "machinemessiah" <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.26f0988a925e96bc989688@news.giganews.com...
>> Nice flame war you have going here.
>> My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
>> It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
>> Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
>> Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
>> wireless access we have on our apt complex.
>> Our network is wired and we prefer it that way for secuity reasons.
>> Husband is paranoid that the neighboors can see his pc the way he sees
>> theirs.
>> What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
>> I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
>> more I need to check?
>> Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
>> simply re-installs it during the next boot.
>> I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
>> this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
>> Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
>> newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
>
> Which Dell? All of mine (Lattitude line) actually have a hardware switch
> on the side.

If it's a laptop, I second using the hardware switch!

>
> Otherwise, you can go into Control Panel --> Network and Sharing Center,
> then Change Adapter Settings. Right-click on the wireless adapter and
> choose disable.
>
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks everyone.

In article <i679f4$tj$2@news.eternal-september.org>,
justin@nobecauseihatespam.org says...
snip
> > What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
> > I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
> > more I need to check?
> > Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
> > simply re-installs it during the next boot.
> > I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
> > this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
> > Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
> > newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
> > TIA.
>
>
> Howdy, we need more info. What model Dell? Most of the Latitudes have
> stitches on the side, like the D620 I'm on.
> I suggest windows7forums.com
>
Sorry.
It's a Studio XPS 8100.
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks everyone.

On 9/8/2010 7:03 PM, machinemessiah wrote:
> In article<i679f4$tj$2@news.eternal-september.org>,
> justin@nobecauseihatespam.org says...
> snip
>>> What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
>>> I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
>>> more I need to check?
>>> Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
>>> simply re-installs it during the next boot.
>>> I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
>>> this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
>>> Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
>>> newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
>>> TIA.
>>
>>
>> Howdy, we need more info. What model Dell? Most of the Latitudes have
>> stitches on the side, like the D620 I'm on.
>> I suggest windows7forums.com
>>
> Sorry.
> It's a Studio XPS 8100.

Call Dell support and ask.
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thank you

In article <i66p33$hva$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
sethNOSPAM@NOSPAMclcpro.com says...
>
snip
> Which Dell? All of mine (Lattitude line) actually have a hardware switch on
> the side.
snip
XPS Studio 8100
>
> Otherwise, you can go into Control Panel --> Network and Sharing Center,
> then Change Adapter Settings. Right-click on the wireless adapter and choose
> disable.
snip
Thanks. We'd missed that one. Wireless adaptaer is defiantitely disabled
now.
I thought setting up networking in XP Pro was a pain in the a**. Vista
and Windows 7 have too many places you have to look the access all the
network settings.
Thanks.
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless services/devices on Win 7 Thank you.

In article <i66rlr$3n6$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
bcgc_qc@hootmail.com says...
>
snip
>
> Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center. On the left, click 'Change
> adapter settings'. You should then see your wired and wireless adapters
> listed. Right-click your wireless adapter, and select Disable.
>
Snip
Thanks We'd missed that one.
We spent most of our time looking at the Home Group and Public settings.
My husband and I were really amused by how the "Public" settings were at
the bottom of the list and in very small print so we didn't notice them
at first. File and Printer Sharing had been TURNED ON!!!. How the hell
did that happen?
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks

In article <4c874327$0$21274$426a34cc@news.free.fr>, news1234@free.fr
says...
snip
>
> You seem to have several issues.
> 1.) How to disable your wireless adapter?
>
> For this you got already some suggestions.
>
Snip
Yes, thanks everyone.
> 2.) Why does your PC automaticaly connect to a wireless access point if
> your wireless adapter is activated?
>
> On my PC's I had to explicitely tell my PC, that it is allowed to
> connect to a given access point.
> Normally you have also to enter the access point's password
>
> Did you configure it to do so?
> If yes is it your access point?
>
> 3.) Why is the wireless access point not decently protected?
>
> If it is your access point, then why don't you just switch over to WPA
> and change the password.
>
I assume by access point you mean the free wireless network we have
here?
I've never tried to connect to it. Would have no idea how. I've had
neighboors/residents ask me how to get on and I told them I had no clue.
I talked to my boss/property manager. He said you need to know the name
of the network and have a password to get on.
Thanks.
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 thanks

In article <cn1f865dvf3apa499t9s0gbsrh0j4um51b@4ax.com>,
Slattery_T@bls.gov says...
> machinemessiah <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote:
>
> >My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
> >It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
> >Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
> >Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
> >wireless access we have on our apt complex.
snip
> So this is a wireless network provided by your apartment complex? If
> you can see other computers, then you must have joined the network. If
> you disconnect from it, that should solve the problem.
snip

Yes it's free but you need to know the name of the network and get a
password to log on. My husband ran the network trouble shooter. We think
that may have enabled the wireless. New neighboor upstairs is using the
wireless. Probably his machines we saw. We weren't able to connect to
him.
When my husband set up his first Windows 7 machine (he's on his second, long story).
He selected "Public" because he thought it sounded more secure.
Then He was furious that he couldn't get online. That machine DID NOT
HAVE WIRELESS!. He also once set his browser to "automatically detect
proxy" with out knowing what a proxy was. Needless to say, there was no
proxy to detect.

snip
> If you do decide to join it, be sure to tell the OS that it's a public
> network. That will prevent it from broadcasting your presence and
> making your resources available to others.
>
Yes, I've seen this in action. Ouch!. Scary.
Thank you.
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks everyone.

In article <r9Who.2341$2N5.1305@newsfe12.iad>, birelan@yahoo.com says...
>

> > Sorry.
> > It's a Studio XPS 8100.
>
> Call Dell support and ask.
>
Can't uderstand them over the Vonage phone connection.
 
R

R. C. White

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks

Hi, machinemessiah.

Are you SURE that you have your newsreader client set correctly?

All your Replies are showing up as starting New threads. They all show the
Subject (Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7) but with "Re:"
prepended and with your (very short) message added to the end of the Subject
line.

The headers on your message shows:
User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067

Is that the name of your newsreader?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3002.0810)) in Win7 Ultimate x64


"machinemessiah" wrote in message
news:MPG.26f2051be9cfe256989690@news.giganews.com...

In article <4c874327$0$21274$426a34cc@news.free.fr>, news1234@free.fr
says...
snip
>
> You seem to have several issues.
> 1.) How to disable your wireless adapter?
>
> For this you got already some suggestions.
>
Snip
Yes, thanks everyone.
> 2.) Why does your PC automaticaly connect to a wireless access point if
> your wireless adapter is activated?
>
> On my PC's I had to explicitely tell my PC, that it is allowed to
> connect to a given access point.
> Normally you have also to enter the access point's password
>
> Did you configure it to do so?
> If yes is it your access point?
>
> 3.) Why is the wireless access point not decently protected?
>
> If it is your access point, then why don't you just switch over to WPA
> and change the password.
>
I assume by access point you mean the free wireless network we have
here?
I've never tried to connect to it. Would have no idea how. I've had
neighboors/residents ask me how to get on and I told them I had no clue.
I talked to my boss/property manager. He said you need to know the name
of the network and have a password to get on.
Thanks.
 
T

Tony

Flightless Bird
To share is devine so don't be so cheap. You might even make more friends,
yes just think about it. Or you might make one friend if you have none.

machinemessiah wrote:

> Nice flame war you have going here.
> My husband has a Dell pc which seems to have a built in wireless card.
> It's not listed separately in the BIOS so I can't disable it there.
> Yesterday he started seeing other computers listed in his Network
> Status. We've figured out they are our neighboors using the free
> wireless access we have on our apt complex.
> Our network is wired and we prefer it that way for secuity reasons.
> Husband is paranoid that the neighboors can see his pc the way he sees
> theirs.
> What can I shut down in Windows 7 to block the wireless?
> I found 2 autoconfig WLAN services that I've shut down. Are there any
> more I need to check?
> Disabling the wireless card in the device manager is useless as Windows
> simply re-installs it during the next boot.
> I'd like NOT to have to install another network card w/o wireless on
> this nearly new computer to solve this issure.
> Can anyone recommend a good web forum for Windows 7 issues? This
> newsgroup seems to have been over run by trolls.
> TIA.

--
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Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

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manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first
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Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks

In article <uJudndRPEPxQohXRnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@posted.grandecom>,
rc@grandecom.net says...
> Hi, machinemessiah.
>
> Are you SURE that you have your newsreader client set correctly?
>
> All your Replies are showing up as starting New threads. They all show the
> Subject (Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7) but with "Re:"
> prepended and with your (very short) message added to the end of the Subject
> line.
>
> The headers on your message shows:
> User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067
>
> Is that the name of your newsreader?
>
> RC
>
Yes that's the name of my newsreader. It's been running on this pc this
way since 2004. You're the first to show report this strange behavior.
I see from your headers you're using:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3002.810
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3002.810
I don't know anything about Live Mail. Microsoft only gets the OS on my
machines. I don't use any other of their products such as OE or IE.
Sorry.
 
S

Seth

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks

"machinemessiah" <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.26f281ac54a50bdc989693@news.giganews.com...
> In article <uJudndRPEPxQohXRnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@posted.grandecom>,
> rc@grandecom.net says...
>> Hi, machinemessiah.
>>
>> Are you SURE that you have your newsreader client set correctly?
>>
>> All your Replies are showing up as starting New threads. They all show
>> the
>> Subject (Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7) but with "Re:"
>> prepended and with your (very short) message added to the end of the
>> Subject
>> line.
>>
>> The headers on your message shows:
>> User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067
>>
>> Is that the name of your newsreader?
>>
>> RC
>>
> Yes that's the name of my newsreader. It's been running on this pc this
> way since 2004. You're the first to show report this strange behavior.
> I see from your headers you're using:
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3002.810
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3002.810
> I don't know anything about Live Mail. Microsoft only gets the OS on my
> machines. I don't use any other of their products such as OE or IE.
> Sorry.

The issue appears to be as a result of you editing the subject line on each
of your replies, adding notes to the subject line such as "thanks" and
"thank you". That can (and sometimes does) make them treated as a different
message and breaks proper threading.

Typically the only time a subject line should be edited is when the subject
itself has changed.
 
N

Nil

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks

On 09 Sep 2010, machinemessiah <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> I don't know anything about Live Mail. Microsoft only gets the OS
> on my machines. I don't use any other of their products such as OE
> or IE. Sorry.

It not the fault of our readers, it's YOUR fault. Stop fucking with the
subject lines. It breaks threading for everyone.
 
M

machinemessiah

Flightless Bird
Re: Disable all wireless sevices/devices on Win 7 Thanks

In article <Xns9DEE6B3ECE9F0nilch1@81.169.183.62>,
rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net says...
> On 09 Sep 2010, machinemessiah <cookie@aymarat.net> wrote in
> alt.windows7.general:
>
> > I don't know anything about Live Mail. Microsoft only gets the OS
> > on my machines. I don't use any other of their products such as OE
> > or IE. Sorry.
>
> It not the fault of our readers, it's YOUR fault. Stop fucking with the
> subject lines. It breaks threading for everyone.
>
Such language.
http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j47/cookiebun/
Sorry.
 
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