User's Manual

Microsoft Wireless Home Networking USB Adapter or PC Card Adapter 36
If you have a Microsoft Wireless Network Adapter (PC
Card or USB) and Windows XP, you can connect to other
wireless networks, assuming you have the necessary
permissions and passwords for those networks.
For example, let's say you're traveling. You've brought
along your laptop computer (with the PC Card network
adapter), and you're in an airport waiting for your flight. If
the airport has a wireless network, you can switch to that
network automatically.
To connect to an available wireless network
1. Right-click the network connection icon in the
notification
area (the area on the taskbar to the right of
the taskbar buttons), and then click View Available
Wireless Networks.
2. In Connect to Wireless Network, under Available
Networks, click the wireless network that you want to
connect to.
3. If a network key is required for Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP), do one of the following:
υ If the network key is automatically provided for you
(for example, the key is stored on the wireless
network adapter given to you by your
administrator), leave Network Key blank.
υ If the network key is not automatically provided for
you, in Network key, type the key.
4. Click Connect.
5. To configure additional wireless network connection
settings, or if you are having difficulty making a
connection to the wireless network that you selected,
click Advanced, and then configure the settings in the
Wireless Networks tab.
[Note to Susan: Do we want to include in the print chapter
the info about switching between a workgroup and a
domain?]
Use a CD Burner
A CD burner (or CD recorder) is a special type of drive that
allows you to record music and other files, such as text and
graphics, on to a recordable (or writable) CD-ROM.