Improve Your Windows XP - Speed Access

Topics Windows XP on July 18th, 2007

Every time your laptop connects to a hot spot, whether it’s in your home or down at the coffee shop, it logs the name of the point that you connected to in the Preferred Network settings. If you accidentally (or maybe even deliberately) connect to your neighbor’s point, and then find yourself reconnecting again despite your efforts not to, you need to bump that listing down in your connection list and move your router to the top.

To do this, click Start and select Connect To, then Wireless Network Connection. On the window that opens, click on the Properties button on the lower left, then the Wireless Networks tab at the top. Under Preferred Networks look for your home, work, or favorite coffee shop’s router name. Highlight it and use the Move Up button to move the selection to the top of the list. This will prioritize the connection to your favorite hot spot’s points. You can also use the Remove button to eliminate the auto-connection of networks that are no longer used or those that happen to be at your neighbor’s house.

Although you wouldn’t be alone if you kept it at the bottom for emergency use, just in case your Internet.

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