XP SP3 Problem with Wireless

[nickok]

I installed XP SP3 on my Z60M

This has turned out to be a bad move. The wireless radio (Intel 2200BG) will not power on. From various forums and threads it seems SP3 has caused a spate of wifi related issues. Have not found a reference to a fix.

Can anyone point to a way to resolve this?
Thanks

[jdhurst]

I read those as well. My IBM card survived SP3 just fine. What you can try is to uninstall your wireless card, restart, and reinstall it. See if you have the currently installed driver and use it rather than the one that Microsoft (apparently) provided. ... JDH

[nickok]

Thanks for the reply.

What I did in the end was back out SP3 (add/remove programs) and then run system restore. System is back to normal now.

I found that the ethernet connection was also inoperative, network icons were missing and the control panel / admin tools applet would not run. No such problems with SP3 on my PC - though it has no wireless.

I had recently removed the Norton Corporate Antivirus that had been preloaded on the Z60m . Used Add/Remove followed by the Symantec 'Nonav' removal tool. I don't whether that might have left some stuff behind in the registry that caused problems?

Windows Update has been prompting me to install SP3 but I'll have to leave it alone for now at least.

[phrider]

I had recently removed the Norton Corporate Antivirus that had been preloaded on the Z60m . Used Add/Remove followed by the Symantec 'Nonav' removal tool. I don't whether that might have left some stuff behind in the registry that caused problems?

I have had no problem with SP3, but removing Symantec Endpoint Protection (Corporate AV ver 11 MR2 MP2) caused a wireless wipeout. The wireless failed after using the Symantec "Cleanwipe" utility. The cleanwipe utility is used to completley remove Symantec Antivirus and Symantec Endpoint Protection products.

I could not figure out how to recover from this, but fortunately had a recent drive image that allowed me to restore the system. I'm stuck with the Symantec Endpoint Protection, but I've gotten it working the way I want.