How can you access with XP on an existing wireless network?

You only suspect that the PC has a wireless card- you should first check that. There is the Device Manager in XP. Existing wireless adapter, you can often by deactivating shortcut on your PC - how to do this must be found in the documentation for your PC.

Closing briefly on the PC via cable (even if it seems awkward) Is to make all updates from then on he will do pretty much everything myself. Take the Fritz! WLAN stick and put it into the USB hub of the box, wait until "INFO" flashes and then lights continuously. Plug the stick into XP. Connection is established. UPDATE is important for this process, since many USB devices are not accepted at ServicePack1 of XP, installer does not go, will not read CDs, etc.

"XP is freshly installed. There is no icon in the Notification Area. There are also tasks in any network connections under Network button, as it is claimed in support. The PC is fairly new, so it has guaranteed a WLAN card." Aha! So you have a fairly new laptop, which probably came with Windows 7 or Vista with XP set up again? Have you been bothered you about drivers? You now simply for the wireless card installed no drivers - possible as you will get even do not have drivers for XP, just the thing for laptop components, the manufacturers of any money for the development of drivers for an outdated , which is unfortunately with people who buy a new laptop and want to have XP on it then because the norm, then that is bringing some no longer running. The support of what you say because, refers to the operating system, with which the computer was delivered. There is therefore no notification area, but just one for XP system tray So look on the manufacturer's website, check that your model still offers XP drivers, otherwise you can do is put your computer back to factory settings back - so to Vista or Win7. did you but also the recovery partition is deleted, you only remains for you Windows7 again to buy new, then get to run your computer to complete with matching drivers, or you have components that you can not activate XP through external replace equipment, in this case a USB wireless stick

Is it a desktop computer or a notebook? For a notebook with wireless you have right, desktop computers have wireless LAN in the rarest cases. Install the drivers for the hardware, then it should also work with W-LAN. Either you have a driver CD, or you have another computer with the drivers from the manufacturer's website to download.

"The guarantees Pc is fairly new, so it has a wireless card." NO! A laptop has a built-in WLAN security with high contrast, not a PC. Therefore, look after time, whether you really have wireless internet access. Can you confirm this, of course, you have to install the drivers for your wireless hardware. Reboot the PC, wireless is detected and wireless - wireless networks are detected, choose yours and enter the wireless password if not.