How can I initiate Windows 7 Wifi launch on a laptop?

Asked By gyle kugler 90 points N/A Posted on - 04/30/2013

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I got this invitation from a friend for a Windows 7 Wifi lunch session where they were demonstrating some of the advantages of using Windows 7 and its Wifi launch capabilities. Everything worked well until I went home to try my neighbor's Wifi. I realized that following then same procedure, I could not connect since I was not being prompted to input a password. Earlier, if I pressed the connect button on the notification area, I would be prompted to input a password. What can I do to connect without this prompt?

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Answered By Bowman Ragusa 0 points N/A #154477

How can I initiate Windows 7 Wifi launch on a laptop?

There are two types of wireless network, the secured network and the unsecured network. When you try to connect to unsecured network it will never ask you for a password. You must know the password for that wireless network first so when that network is detected it will no longer ask for a password.

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Answered By Elmer Cook 0 points N/A #154478

How can I initiate Windows 7 Wifi launch on a laptop?

It is simply because your neighbors Wifi network issecure and well protected. While your friends WIFI that they have shown you is not set with a security. Wireless security has grown over the years. Here are the wireless security and the reason why your neighbors WIFI network prompt you a password or what they call authentication. WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy is a little less secured standard which is being used by the early years of WIFI. WPA – WIFI Protected Access is more secure and not easily cracked by hackers and there is this WPA2 which is an upgrade of the first WPA.

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