Hi
Many of these Wireless Utilities are a combo of Driver/Utility application.
So, when you uninstall the utility it uninstalls the Wireless card's drivers
too.
Log to Dell's support, and see if they offer the drivers as a separate
download.
Otherwise, use these two utilities (StartUp & Process Explorer) to find out
the components of the utility and try to get rid of them.
http://www.ezlan.net/infestation#startup
Many times unchecking the entries in the StartUp loading would do it.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Casey" wrote in message
news:6uednau3odQ0l27YnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> I'm trying to figure out how to disable the Dell Wireless WLAN application
> and instead just use XP's built-in wireless capabilities.
>
> I recently reinstalled XP Pro on my Dell latitude D510. After
> installation, Device Manager was not recognizing my internal wireless card
> (it didn't even appear in device list), so I downloaded from Dell the
> driver for it (R140747--52MB, it was--packaged with a few others, I think)
> and installed it. Device Manager now recognizes my "Dell Wireless 1370
> WLAN Mini-PCI Card" as a network adapter and I can connect to my wireless
> router.
>
> However, I don't want to be running the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility!
> How the heck do I disable it?? It includes a checkbox that reads "let
> this tool manage your wireless networks," but even when it is unchecked
> the program still runs. I want to quit the program permanently. I tried
> uninstalling it, but that left me back at the original state (device
> manager didn't see a wireless card), so i reinstalled it.
>
> Before reinstalling XP I didn't have this problem--I could use the
> wireless adapter without Dell's utility. I imagine this is a driver issue
> and that I have a newer driver now than I used to (unfortunately, I don't
> have the previous driver).
>
> Anyone know what to do? Is there a way to get XP to recognize and use the
> wireless card without Dell's extra WLAN application?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Casey

Startup Control Panel worked great--thanks.

Casey wrote:
> Thanks Jack,
>
> I actually managed to disable the utility by disabling the Dell Wireless
> WLAN Tray Service in Computer Management-->Services.
>
> However, one process is still running (WLTRAY.exe), so I will give your
> suggestions a shot. There used to be three processes, so this is
> progress...
>
> Thanks for such quick advice!
>
> -Casey
>
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:
>> Hi
>> Many of these Wireless Utilities are a combo of Driver/Utility
>> application.
>> So, when you uninstall the utility it uninstalls the Wireless card's
>> drivers too.
>> Log to Dell's support, and see if they offer the drivers as a separate
>> download.
>> Otherwise, use these two utilities (StartUp & Process Explorer) to
>> find out the components of the utility and try to get rid of them.
>> http://www.ezlan.net/infestation#startup
>> Many times unchecking the entries in the StartUp loading would do it.
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>> "Casey" wrote in message
>> news:6uednau3odQ0l27YnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> I'm trying to figure out how to disable the Dell Wireless WLAN
>>> application and instead just use XP's built-in wireless capabilities.
>>>
>>> I recently reinstalled XP Pro on my Dell latitude D510. After
>>> installation, Device Manager was not recognizing my internal wireless
>>> card (it didn't even appear in device list), so I downloaded from
>>> Dell the driver for it (R140747--52MB, it was--packaged with a few
>>> others, I think) and installed it. Device Manager now recognizes my
>>> "Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card" as a network adapter and I
>>> can connect to my wireless router.
>>>
>>> However, I don't want to be running the Dell Wireless WLAN Card
>>> Utility! How the heck do I disable it?? It includes a checkbox that
>>> reads "let this tool manage your wireless networks," but even when it
>>> is unchecked the program still runs. I want to quit the program
>>> permanently. I tried uninstalling it, but that left me back at the
>>> original state (device manager didn't see a wireless card), so i
>>> reinstalled it.
>>>
>>> Before reinstalling XP I didn't have this problem--I could use the
>>> wireless adapter without Dell's utility. I imagine this is a driver
>>> issue and that I have a newer driver now than I used to
>>> (unfortunately, I don't have the previous driver).
>>>
>>> Anyone know what to do? Is there a way to get XP to recognize and
>>> use the wireless card without Dell's extra WLAN application?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Casey
>>
>>