How to Enable Wireless on Windows Boot

Microsoft includes a wireless network manager that you can tell the operating system to use if you prefer Windows to handle your network connections. If you decide to enable the wireless feature of Windows, you should uninstall or entirely disable any third-party network connection managers so no conflicts arise. To configure Windows wireless feature to start up automatically on boot, you must utilize the Services Console to make these changes.

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  Click the "Start" button. Type "services" in the "Search" box and press "Enter." If using Windows XP, click "Run" from the Start Menu, type "services.msc" in the "Open" field and press "Enter."

• 2

  Scroll through the list of services and double-click on "WLAN AutoConfig." If using XP, double-click "WZC" instead.

• 3

  Click the "Startup Type" drop-down menu and select "Automatic."

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  Click "Start" in the "Service Status" section. Click "Apply" and then "OK" to close the properties box. Close the Services Console window.