I'll give it a shot in the a.m. and let you know. Thanks. Just seeing the icon on the desktop gives me some hope.

You're not alone.

There is no option to to' Un-check'

I went through the list and found one item for Microsoft but in it's list was just an Xbox controller drive

I have no idea where you're looking.... 

What does the yellow flagged device now show as in Device Manager?

It shows the same 'Unknown Device'.

I found the drives for these things. Problem is I don't know the manufacturer and under 'Microsoft' I cannot find the one you mentioned.

I uninstalled the damn thing and this time on the setup.exe I let Windows 7 troubleshoot the compatability issue and used it's recomended settings which is to run it under Windows XP Service pack2. I'm installing and rebooting now.

Still showing as Unknown Device.

Running in this mode it did not leave an icon on the desktop but the missing .dll issue went away.

Did this. No option to check or uncheck everything

Went to 'Network Adapters' and there is a huge list of manufacturers. There is a heading for Microsoft and one for Microsoft Corporation. But I cannot find anything titled WLAN USB. The closest to that is WAN with several choices for drivers but none that say WAN USB.

Under Microsoft

Microsoft 6to4 adapter

USB RNDIS ADAPTER

USB RNDIS6 ADAPTER

WAN MINIPORT (IKEV2, IP, IPV6, L2TP, NETBEUI DIALOUT, NETWORK MONITOR, PPPOE, PPPTP, SSSTP)

Under  WLAN is only one driver - WLAN USB Wireless LAN Stick

There are several drivers for 802.11 a/b/g/n under different manufacturers but I don't know who made this thing. Under Realtek there is one for 802.11b which I tried but it removed 'unknown device' and replaced it with what I guess should be there for the Realtek driver and said there was no device.

Ok...let's review....

The problem is not Win7 and it is not 64 bit. The problem is a 7 year old piece of hardware that is 3 bandwidth cycles behind the times.
 
Life is too short. Go and get a cheap (cheap being relative) USB wireless adapter that is rated N and is backward compatible to G. That matches your present router and covers you if/when you decide to completely upgrade everything to N.

Questions?

Thanks. I had a feeling I would have to get a new one. The router and the towers all came through Timewarner. I might call them and tell them to upgrade it all, it's just they are such a bunch of bozos. They trashed a laptop a few years ago tring to install a wireless card on it and they fried the registry. I hate when they come out to the house to monkey with anything involving the computers.

I'll follow what you said as far as what to buy and let you know how it works out.

As a paying customer for obviously a long period of time, you as a customer have a right to the latest equipment that is available, comcast contacted me and told me i needed to upgrade my modem i am glad i did, i went to the comcast store (office) picked it up, set it up made a call and in less than an hour i was up and running a lot faster, that was about a year ago, since i have gotten kinda crazy being retired and all, and hardwired my whole house, 8 port router with an 8 port cisco swithch, yeah i went overboard but it kept me outta trouble, also where i could run the wires in the wall i purchased plastic channel made just for it, it sticks right on the baseboard (trim) of the room, anyways, i also tend to ramble this early in the morning after a few cups of my highly caffeinated coffee, also i have an HP DV7 entertainment laptop, i am going to look for those drivers for you as i am running 7 now on it, you did say it was ah HP right

Just got off the phone with TW and thery are coming out tomorrow with the lastest Netgear adapters. I'm gonna insist they update the router as well.

I spent an hour on the phone talked to 6 people and was told to bring my shit downtown to the office and they will see if they have what I need in stock.

After explaining that they really do not understand my frustration, I wanted to know why I had to make a trip downtown on a maybe. I asked why I was paying all this money and they couldn't check and see if they had it and email me or call me.

I had to explain again that they still did not understand my frustration and was finally connected to someone in my home office (which they said was impossible to do) to get it worked out.

I hear AT&T has come into our area and have been hearing a LOT of good things about their cable and internet service...among them is that it's hell of a lot better and cheaper. Time to make a change.

Vote with your feet....good for you!

It's okay. TW is replacing the adapters.

The they are going to replace the router.

Then I am going to demand a reduction in billing because we couldn't connect since Christmas.

I am so sick of this shit. Sooner or later I am gonna be on the 11 oclock news. They will of course exagerate the number of hostages and my time in therapy..but my real friends will stick up for me. You won't let them lable me a psycho. Right?

Right?

Sigh. I'm tired Doc. All kinds of issues since the kidney stones. The nerve blocks  have wore off again...earlier than ever before. I'm a wreck and this crap didn't help my overall outlook. I really need something to go right soon. Maybe I'll buy a lotto ticket and see if I can get lucky.

Thanks for your help on this Gary! How many cups of coffee or beers do I owe you now?

Comcast here is kind of kissing all the customers butts, because as i speak Verizon is installing FIOS and have been for about 6 months now, even though i live in a comcast test area just south of boston, we tend to get all the new things first

Po...if you bitch load enough they will upgrade you to the Turbo connection for free if you don't already have it.

You and I have the same Time Warner supplier in Columbia...they upgraded me when I complained that they couldn't supply my house with the bandwidth that they advertise for my area. Now I'm at 15kbps for the price of 5kbps.

Cool. I will have to work on that.

I thought you moved your ass to Florida a while ago? You back in SC?

*note to self: check expiration date on the restraining order

Still here... Florida, I go for work and sailing every now and then.

restraining order...

Fuck.

I guess this means we have to get together and I have to act all social and like I'm enjoying myself and all that shit.

Thanks for fucking my 2010 up nice and early, doofus.

  Leo shakes his head.............There's nobody quite like Po' is there? Man, you're a one man amusement park

So...Time Warner gets here at 8 am. He says 'I hear you have internet trouble."

I look at him and once again explain everything. I tell him he is supposed to install two new adapters and a new router.

He then tells me he only has one adapter and will have to go 'meet another tech somewhere to get the other stuff' and that he wasn't told all of this. The ticket he got just says 'internet trouble'.

It's now 9:13 and he isn't back yet.

And I think my anti-psychotics are wearing off.

The voices can't be far behind.