I upgraded to win 7 from xp, all other drivers were there apart from wireless. after a hour i managed to get driver on somehow and now i cannot get it to connect to wireless network. i dont know if ti is a problem with driver or win 7 as there is no windows wireless manager there and i cant find it.... I have manually put all settings in for network on adapter menu but botton right corner shows no signal or wireless signals.

if you do not have the wireless manager, you need to install the correct driver. make/ model of the wi-fi???

dell inspiron 8600 wireless: wm3a2100wwdell model wm3a2100. i installed driver from intel, i still cannot access the microsoft wireless manager or find it....

Hi, After researching from the Dell website, I find that Dell does not provide the Dell Inspiron 8600 wireless network card driver for Windows 7. I would like to confirm that is the wireless network card driver you downloaded from Intel compatible with Windows 7? If it is not compatible with Windows 7, you may try to install it under Compatibility Mode or run Windows Update to search for the driver for Windows 7. If it does not work, it is recommended to purchase a Windows 7 compatible wireless network card. Regards, Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.