This is just weird - Vista Home Premium

Suddenly this morning, I couldn't connect to my wireless network. So I figured, ok, this has happened before, I'll just physically turn the wireless switch on the laptop off and then on again. I did that, no dice. The stupid network thing is telling me there are no available networks. Then it starts telling me that there are networks, but when I click to connect to one, it says there are no networks I can connect to. When I would click 'diagnose why I can't connect to any networks' (just for shits and giggles) it would say that i could in fact connect to networks.
:wtf:
So I went upstairs, just reset the whole mess, and tried again. Still, same issue. I reinstalled the wireless drivers, same issue. Then I went in and told it to let me choose the drivers. There were two seemingly identical drivers, except one said
blah blah wireless this and that INTEL
and one said
blah blah wireless this and that MICROSOFT

So I picked the intel one, installed, and suddenly, magically, I can see the networks! So I click to connect to mine, and it asks for the password. I put it in. Connection fails.
3 or 4 times.
I check out the event log, apparently it's a 'security' problem.
Sure, whatever. I mean, it's the right password....
Finally I just went up to the desktop, went in to the router settings, reset the password and a couple of other things, and suddenly, MAGICALLY I can connect.
:eyes:

Just... weird....

i just left mouse click on the networking icon in the system tray and a bubble comes up that says, "Network and Sharing Center."

click on this on it opens the relevant directory in control panel.

click on one of the red "X" marks on the picture that illustrates your connectivity.

a dialog box comes up.

click on the option in the middle, it usually says something about "do you want windows to acquire IP info automatically" and it should get you connected.

And I tried a few other steps than those listed.
It makes no sense to me that the network, which normally connects, would suddenly have all of these issues, that i would even be able to see networks around me, etc.

it will smell the signal and call it a local connection or something. but it needs the ip number again. i got tired of fighting with it, so i just did the thing that was the most automatic. and it seems to keep working. so i'm not unsatisfied again.

i bought a bag of m&m's after lunch. does that invalidate the salad i ate for lunch?

M&Ms don't block your absorption of the goodness :D