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Twisted4000

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I just noticed this last night, but for some reason in the Network and Sharing Center (Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit), my WiFi card is reading as "Wireless Network Connection 2". Other than that I have ethernet. I don't see a "Wireless Network Connection 1" or anything. Does anyone know why this is going on? It's not really a concern of mine, I'm just confused by it. Like, where's the first wireless network connection?

Recently I replaced my old WiFi card with this new one, and I'm assuming it has something to do with that. But I uninstalled the previous card's drivers. Any ideas? Thanks.
 
I think your assumption is probably correct. I've had the same thing happen in Devices and Printers when reinstalling a printer driver. Did you first remove the old adapter driver before removing the card itself?
 
Thanks, but how do I do a network reset in Windows 7?

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I think your assumption is probably correct. I've had the same thing happen in Devices and Printers when reinstalling a printer driver. Did you first remove the old adapter driver before removing the card itself?

No, I did not. In hindsight I should have uninstalled it, then removed it physically. However, I managed to track down the old driver in the Device Manager and I uninstalled it.

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Thanks for your help, I fixed it by uninstalling the current WiFi driver and restarting. Windows then I guess found the driver on the computer and automatically installed it upon restart. Now it just says "Wireless Network Connection" once again. Thanks once more!
 
Please note that I edited my post after re-reading your first post. A network reset likely would not help if there is only one card listed. I think what you are looking at is just the name given to the device by Windows since there was already another Wifi card driver installed. In Windows, hardware devices are represented by their software drivers. My guess would be that if you had first removed the original card's driver, shut down and then removed the card itself you would not be seeing the present card as "Wireless Connection 2." You can try a network reset and see if it does anything.
 

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