I don't think I asked this before - did I ? <smile> I may have asked about it trying to connect thru the neighbor's routers. It was doing that for a while. I had my son secure my wireless connection. Ever since then, my laptop won't stay online. I have a clue as to what is happening. But no clue how to 'fix' it. I think that before, when my cable company dropped the signal, all would be fine, because both my desktop and laptop were able to simply reconnect. Cable co. I've been watching seems to drop the signal for seconds at a time here and there. so - now, my laptop can't simply reconnect. It now pops up and says it can't connect to my system - and the box pops up then for me to click to connect - with my password. so - it isn't automatically using my password to connect - I am having to physically click that button. My son said it should be doing it automatically. so - am I a 'fluke' and it should be? or is there a way for me to make it connect with my password automatically? if there is, I will need it step by step! thank you ahead of time! and crossing fingers that someone can figure this out for me!! Cris -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe 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/