I've followed your advice pal, but it hasnt seem to have done anything. The software that came with the lan adaptor is installed on the computer but it says that windows xp controls its settings.

When i followed what you said to do, the adaptor software took over trying to connect to the router but all it said was "connecting". However, it didnt manage to.

Ive heard that unistalling the lan adaptor software may help, what do you think? Surely it shouldn't be this hard to connect wi-fi!!!