How Do I Stop XP from Switching Wifi Networks?

Sometimes, when I'm on my own wifi network, XP switches ubruptly to another network. How do I get XP to stay on one network without it switching to another network?

 

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these may help , read through them, I do not use a wifi connection so am not sure, but searched through several pages of articles and threads to see if I could find your exact issue. The ones below seem to be about network dropping, and I do not know if that is the same as network switching.

http://www.werockyourweb.com/your-wireless-connection-dropping/

http://www.tp-link.us/article/?faqid=186

 

Hi, Liz, thanks for the links. I'm a bit cofused on one of the links you proviided. In one of them, theres a feature in XP called, "Automatically connect to non-preferred networks." Does this feature allow my computer to connect to a preferred network without dropping the connection to another network?

 

I am not sure , how I read it is that if this setting is ENABLED then it will look and connect to non-preferred networks, it would appear that this should be DISABLED.

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As I understand it you seem to have several listings and if a preferred network is higher preferred it will switch to it, maybe you should delete all the preferred networks except the one you want it to stay connected to.

 

Thanks Liz.. I'm on it.

 

is it working now??

 

Hi, Liz. It still switches networks after an hour into downloading a file. But thats ok. I'll figure it out. But thanks anyway Liz.

 

do you have windows handling the connection or through your wifi manufacturer??

it is best to have windows connect you.

https://www.microsoft.com/resources...ocs/en-us/wlan_client_configure.mspx?mfr=true

 

Thanks Liz. I'm reading your links.. Thank you!!! Also, please help me with another issue I got. All of a sudden, some weblinks have started to look different than usual on my browser, which is Opera. Please let me know.,.. Thanks!!

 

not sure I can help with opera as I have never used this.

you might clean all your temporary files and see if it will clear up, tho this is mostly for when it is slow.

but you should run your browser with all addons and/or plugins disabled and see if it looks okay then, and if it does then one of your addons is the culprit and it will be trial and error to see which one.