And to answer your specific question:

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is there other software out there that might work better?


I don't know of any choices of how to connect with a wireless card other than the following:

Drivers:
You can use either the ones that came with Windows (or that you got from WindowsUpdate), versus the ones you get from the manufacturer's web site.

In the case of Vista, the drivers might be "vista-native" drivers, or they might be XP drivers running in emulation mode (when I was doing wireless testing at Microsoft we called these "FAT drivers"). Go to the command prompt and do NETSH WLAN SHOW DRIVERS. It will say TYPE and the type will either be "Native Wi-fi driver" in the case of a vista native driver or it will say something about LEGACY if it's a FAT driver. You will have better luck with a native driver than a FAT driver.

Connection software:
You can use either the wireless connection features that come wtih Windows, or you can use the connection utility that comes with your network card. Both should work, but if one of them is giving you trouble, then try the other one.

Those are the only choices you've got, as far as I know.
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Tony Fabris