wifi connection to xp pc problematic

[ttodd]

Wired cat 5 internet connection - no problem,,.. wireless to laptop and smart phone using the router- no problem.. wireless to PC no connection.. If I create hot spot from my smart pho en to wireless PC no problem.. I have done all the resets for win sock reboot reinstall WiFi software.. no connection wireless .. but again another hot spot from iPhone 7 to same Belcan wireless USB connection plug - there is a connection..

In my network settings for the PC it shows mine and all the neighbors wifi names .. & mine is 5 green bars but will not only not connect But I can't get it to the stage where I have to manually type in and enter the password on two lines .. its not there & can't get it to produce the ''forget this'' network..

I can remove the network name of the wifi (from router to) manually from PC, but as soon I reenter the name- fresh .. it won't then ask for a password ..
This is what I think is wrong .. if I reboot off the PC into windows 10 the same wifi works for windows 10 but not for windows Xp.. yet windows XP works with m y smart phone ..

crazy right ?

getting ready to reinstall windows XP .. ( only because we love Outlook express 6)

Ideas ?

[jdc2000]

Possibly useful links:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-8213c1a9ba08

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...um=winserverPN

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...tpronetworking

https://www.google.com/search?source...30.a7B0pzAV-pc

[ttodd]

thanks jdc2000 but all those links lead me to areas I have tried already ..
Biggest problem is to get the wireless networks to 'forget' the SSID router name and then bring it up again to to then re-type in password ..
as it is now it won't forget and it just circles and circles and won't log me in ..

So what I am doing around this?? .. easy I am using my smart phone's hot spot to create a new wifi SSID and then use the password the iphone generates for me to use my seperate iphone data. and then when I finish the 'hotspot' and close off the connection.. my iphone then uses the very same network ( name SSID and password off my cable router that my PC can't find ..

[jdc2000]

So what happened when you looked for the references to the wireless networks? You couldn't find them?