Well, so much for a wide release of RC1. I am moderately adept at Windows issues, have survived since Win 1.1, but I have no clue as to how to handle the problem with disabling my wireless adapter. I tried to get an answer on the Networking forum but got no results.If there is going to be so many people with a similar problem and no solutions, then RC 1 should not have been released to the public. It is just creating a bad name of Win 7 and I am glad I have a sytem backup to reinstall on my laptop and wait for the ready for prime time version of Win 7, unless I just got convinced to stick with Vista.

1. To remove/disable your wireless adapter, right-click Computer > Properties > Device Manager, scroll down and expand Network Adapters, right-click the wireless adapter > Disable. 2. If you want to make the Ethernet connection have priority over the wireless connection, this has to be done on all connections; Ethernet and the wireless, as follows:Go to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Network & Sharing Center > Change adapter settings (in the left pane), right-click a network > Properties > highlight, in turn, each TCP/IP > Properties > General Tab > Advanced (at the bottom) and click the Automatic Metric box to clear the tick, then enter the value that you want in the Interface Metric field. The actual connection would default to the one with the lower number, e.g. if you set Metric to 5 in the Wired Network connection and to 10 in the Wireless Connection, the system would default to the wired connection. Obviously, when the cable is unplugged (or not present) it would automatically switch to wireless connection (if present). When the cable is plugged back in, it would take over the connection since it has a lower metric setting.

Thanks very much for your reply. Will get into that but think something else may have been involved. From my Vista installation I had Network Magic running, and since it attempts to manage network connections, it may be in conflict with Win 7's management. At least so far aftre disalbling it things seem to be going well.

Still having problems. What would cause the wireless adapter to disable?

What wireless device do you have? Have you tried uninstalling the driver, configuring it in a compatibility mode (ie. XP for example) and reinstalling it?MS-MVP Windows Desktop Experience, "When all else fails, read the instructions"