{"id":135,"date":"2005-11-01T13:06:23","date_gmt":"2005-11-01T13:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalmediaphile.com\/2005\/11\/01\/How+To+Enable+WPA2+For+The+Microsoft+Wireless+PC+Card+MN720+On+Windows+XP+SP2.aspx"},"modified":"2005-11-01T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2005-11-01T13:06:23","slug":"how-to-enable-wpa2-for-the-microsoft-wireless-pc-card-mn-720-on-windows-xp-sp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/2005\/11\/01\/how-to-enable-wpa2-for-the-microsoft-wireless-pc-card-mn-720-on-windows-xp-sp2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable WPA2 for the Microsoft Wireless PC Card &#8211; MN-720 on Windows XP SP2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">This is totally unsupported, at your own risk. It will void your warranty. Microsoft won&rsquo;t support you, I can&rsquo;t support you. Your computer will report that you have a Dell True Mobile card after you perform this update. It&rsquo;s fun to lie to your computer! It shows you are the boss. <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">You&rsquo;ll need the MS update installed&nbsp;to enable WPA2 before you&nbsp;attempt this. <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">1. Go to <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"><a href=\"http:\/\/support.dell.com\/support\/downloads\/download.aspx?c=us&amp;cs=19&amp;l=en&amp;s=dhs&amp;releaseid=R90501&amp;fileid=117983\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#355ea0\">http:\/\/support.dell.com\/support\/downloads\/download.aspx?c=us&amp;cs=19&amp;l=en&amp;s=dhs&amp;releaseid=R90501&amp;fileid=117983<\/font><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Download Now<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">2. Use Winzip or Winrar to expand to a directory on your hard drive, do NOT run the EXE. <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">3. Open device manager (right click my computer, manage, device manager) <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">4. Go to Network Adapters, Select the MN-720 <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">5. Right click it and select Update Driver <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">6. Don&rsquo;t connect to the Internet, Manually select the driver to install, do not search. <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">7. Browse to the directory where you extracted the files and select bcmwl5.inf <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">8. Have Disk, select the True Mobile 1350 PC Card <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">9. Your laptop will now think you have a Dell True Mobile Card &mdash; <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">10. You&rsquo;ll be WPA2 empowered <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">I&rsquo;m sure that similar steps will work with the MN-730 PCI card by selecting a 1350 PCI Card but I have NOT tried this myself. <\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">If you are not happy with the results, use Driver Rollback in Device Manager. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is totally unsupported, at your own risk. It will void your warranty. Microsoft won&rsquo;t support you, I can&rsquo;t support you. Your computer will report that you have a Dell True Mobile card after you perform this update. It&rsquo;s fun to lie to your computer! It shows you are the boss. You&rsquo;ll need the MS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>This is totally unsupported, at your own risk. 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