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I was looking for information anyone might have as to their preferences between Vista (I have Ultimate on T60) wireless connectivity and those provided by ThinkVantage? 2) I recently lost some of the wireless icons in my tray, anyway to replace them? and 3) if the answer to 1 is Microsoft, which programs do I disable in ThinkVantage and how do I disable them? The reason I have asked is that I had an older thinkpad with a wireless pcmcia card and MS connections were much better/easier than the ones provided with the wireless card.

This is almost a religious debate at times. Access Connections generally gives you more control, but if you only connect to a few different networks, you may not need that. And some people have experienced high CPU usage from Access Connections.

Windows zero-config wireless networking is very easy, but it gives you little control as to which networks to connect to when -- once you connect to a network, it always autoconnect.

"Access Connections" is what you need to uninstall if you choose to go the Windows route.

I have static ip router at home, dynamic at work.
I have blown away all Thinkpad software save the power manager and I'm very happy because I use this simple freeware tool to change network settings:
http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/

enjoy!

mt256 wrote:I have static ip router at home, dynamic at work.
I have blown away all Thinkpad software save the power manager and I'm very happy because I use this simple freeware tool to change network settings:
http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/

enjoy!

Sweet! Thanks mt256...

well i find that Vista is much better at managing profiles (firewalls) and all that when compared to XP depending on where you are connected. As a result i don't use Access Connections at all. Surely it does come in handy for some things but my usages goes between home, work, some hotspots here and there and Vista has a profile for all those which will allow printer sharing and firewall blocking and all that.