I appreciate your feedback,circumstances have changed. The reason I needed my
laptop now to be wifi is because I am now bedridden and can not get to my
computer room. Making the laptop wifi capable would allow me under these
circumstances to access to my emails, files etc.

Of course I note the Dlink 655 will work as well with g and N. But the techs
made it clear to me that "no adapter" would work due to non support drivers
for the ME. You are stating that a g adapter might work.....assumedly they
checked all variances that support ME and came up with 0

"Mike M" wrote:

On calling I find that since ME is no longer
supported by Microsoft there are no drivers for this or any other
such units.

That isn't strictly true. I doubt that you will find a usb wi-fi adapter
that supports 802.11n that can be used with Win Me however there are usb
802.11g adapters that work with Win Me. The problem however is locating one
of these.

Ive got a big paperwight in the form of my Satellite laptop.

I have to ask was it a paperweight the day before you bought the non
functioning wi-fi n adapter? If not then what has changed that makes it OK
one day and not the next? I appreciate that not being able to connect using
wi-fi is an inconvenience but is it any worse than before you bought the
adapter?
--
Mike Maltby



Perplexed wrote:

Ok I have a Toshiba 1715xcds Satellite with ME. I decided to try and
use wifi on it, so I contacted a firm explained what I had and
ordered a Sabrent USB
2.0 802.11n adapter.
On receipt and on install I find that it is not compatible with the ME
operating system. On calling I find that since ME is no longer
supported by Microsoft there are no drivers for this or any other
such units. And Im recommended to change the operating system to XP,
whereas the folks at Toshiba suggest one not do so as it will not
operate properly and may not be able to get all the drivers et al to
work properly in the laptop once XP is installed wiping the drive.

So looks like I can not make the laptop wifi due to ME? Add to this I
just ordered a Dlink DIR 655 for my in house network which has cable
internet (Comcast).

Unless someone can tell me how I can make this USB wifi unit work
with the ME laptop,Ive got a big paperwight in the form of my
Satellite laptop. I dont want to endure problems if moving to XP is
going to cause yet more Tch headaches with the laptop versus ditching
the unit and buying a new one!