Thank You to those who said I could leave my card in and still use dialup. I'm not so sure that is a good idea. I wonder if these two things are connected?. I had my card in my computer, and I was dialed into the the internet. My friend sent me an instant message, and all of a sudden, my screen went blank and I got a very serious error message. It said that if I had never gotten the error message I should shut my computer down immediately. If I had gotten the message before, I was to follow steps 1,2,3, etc..... I had never gotten that message before, so I shut down and took the card out, and started the computer again. Everything came up, and I dialed up again, and it seems to be working fine. Has anyone had this experience? Do you think these things are related? I don't really want to blow the machine up, lol,, so I think I will just do one thing at a time. Thanks for your help.... Rita Rita Harper wrote: >This may sound like a silly question to those of you who know what you >are doing, but I need some advice. >I am at a Resort, that does not have wireless internet. The hotel next >door does have it. I just found out that sometimes I can connect to >that hotel server and sometimes I can't. I have a laptop, with an >external wireless card. This is my question. Can I leave my card in my >slot, and still use dialup to connect to the net. Is that OK,,, or will >it confuse the computer??? As you can see, I'm already confused, and I >don't want both me and my computer to be confused. lol..... >I hope this makes sense to someone......Thanks for any help.... >Rita > >-- ><Please delete this line and everything below.> > >To unsub or change your email settings: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/