Switching from wireless to wired connection

chasboyuno

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How can i stop my computer from switching from a wireless connection to a wired connection?
i have windows xp and a linksy router. please,a simple answer if possible
 

toomanyairmiles

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In the system tray (bottom right corner of your screen) you should see an icon featuring two computers, on behind another. If you're connected to the web it will have a little globe on it. click once on that and you'll see a link in the pop up window to the network and sharing centre.

This assumes you're running vista - if you're on a different OS let me know.
 

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I don't know about vista,I am using windows xp home edition 2002,I did do as you said,click on the icon at the bottom r.h. then clicked on internet connections. It gave me 4 choices,disable,
properties,refresh and intel R proset. I clicked on properties, and another window came up with about 5 choices all with a checkmark,but nothing about wired connections i could uncheck or delete. Then I clicked on the next tab,wireless networks,and it said Linksky which is the router i am using, is this any help?