yes right now i'm right next to it. Yes I have a secure connection. My friend told me my problem started because of viruses, but he wont share w/me how he fixes my computer, he'll fix it at work with our wireless connection then i get it home and it wont work again, yet my husbands wireless connection is fine. I just did this to no avail, except I dont know what he means by firewall applet:
This happens due to missing or corrupt SharedAccess registry key, which represents the Windows Firewall Service. This usually occurs if the system is infected with a Virus or other Malware, or in the aftermath of Virus removal.
Download
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/sharedaccess.reg (only for systems running Windows XP Service Pack 2) and save it to your Desktop. Then double-click the file to merge the contents to the registry. The Services entry will be created. Restart Windows (mandatory step, otherwise the following NETSH command will display an error message).
After restarting Windows, run this from Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
NETSH FIREWALL RESET
Launch firewall applet from Control Panel, and then configure your Windows Firewall settings.
If none of the above methods help, as a last-resort solution (before reinstalling Windows XP Service Pack 2), give these two commands a try. Click Start, Run and type:
rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf
Restart Windows, and then run this command (from Command Prompt):
NETSH FIREWALL RESET
Attempt to start Firewall applet. Start the Windows Firewall service when prompted.
Hope it helps.. Please tell me what happened, OK? Thanks