KrisB

As the wireless connection is secured (WEP or WPA) you need to supply the
encryption key to gain access. You mention a password, is this the admin
password to get into maintain the router? You can connect to the router with
an IP address like 192.168.0.1. Once in and after entering the password, you
can find your encryption settings.

"manashouse" <manashouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39B3F790-657E-413B-8415-28DC30849741@microsoft.com...
> This is really dumb but hey... I bought a laptop with Vista on it today.
> In
> our house we have a wireless network set up and protected with a password.
> I
> can see the network and it says it is secured (or whatever it says) and
> when
> I try to connect to it, I get a message saying that I can't conect and the
> diagnosis tells me that I need to change the settings so that they are the
> same as the router (or something like that). But it never asks for a
> password!!
>
> Where do I change the settings or put in a password? I really need to be
> able to use my laptop and get to the internet!!
> Thanks