How Do I Stop XP from Switching Wifi Networks?

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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?
 
While Windows XP does not enable automatic non-preferred connections by default, some users enable it in an attempt to simplify connecting to their own home network. Users should instead configure these as Windows XP Preferred networks which allows automatic connection to the home equipment yet still prevents auto-connection to other networks.
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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
 
Elizabeth23 said:
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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
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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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Windows XP periodically checks for new available networks. If it finds a new network listed higher in the Preferred set that is enabled for auto-configuration, Windows XP will automatically disconnect you from the lesser-preferred network and re-connect you to the more preferred one.
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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.
 
Elizabeth23 said:
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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from here

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.
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Thanks Liz.. I'm on it.
 
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.
 
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