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Cobbydaler · 30-09-2006, 10:55

Booted into XP today for the first time for a while. I needed to access some Excel files on a USB stick.

First thing that I noticed was that my wireless connection from my Belkin NIC kept dropping every minute or so.

When it happened, the 'Connected to:' entry in the wireless utility status window briefly changed to 'NDIS NOT SUPPORT' before the connection to the router dropped completely.

As the only thing that I could think had changed since last time I'd been in XP was the USB stick, I unplugged it & the problem went away...

The wirelss NIC is a PCI card, not USB so I can't understand why this should be a problem. Anyone come across this before?

30-09-2006, 10:55	#1
Cobbydaler Inactive Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Services: ClearFibre Internet, Vodafone mobile Google Pixel 4 Posts: 9,699	USB pen drive interferes with wireless NIC? Booted into XP today for the first time for a while. I needed to access some Excel files on a USB stick. First thing that I noticed was that my wireless connection from my Belkin NIC kept dropping every minute or so. When it happened, the 'Connected to:' entry in the wireless utility status window briefly changed to 'NDIS NOT SUPPORT' before the connection to the router dropped completely. As the only thing that I could think had changed since last time I'd been in XP was the USB stick, I unplugged it & the problem went away... The wirelss NIC is a PCI card, not USB so I can't understand why this should be a problem. Anyone come across this before?