Hi,
Thanks for the tip but still batting 0. Wasn’t there a way to export wireless profiles in XP since my old Dell still works, maybe copying everything would work. It is rather aggravating as wireless works anywhere but here.
I was an IT guy up until about three months ago, which is why I have so many ideas. But, we found a utility, Microsoft provided, called Windows Easy Transfer. It scoops up all user profiles, files, settings, etc., and transfers them seamlessly to the new machine. I had struggled with getting clean user migrations for 10 years, because nothing ever did it quite right, but this one is very good.
It comes with Windows 7, so it should be on your new laptop, but for the XP machine you have to download and install. I think the setup process may even afford you the ability to create a flash drive with the required files (I checked, it does).
If that doesn’t do it, I think you got to get on the configuration setup of the switch and see if anything is holding it up, like a firewall rule.