WZC Hijack in XP

XP comes with a feature called "Wireless Zero Configuration" which provides automatic configuration for wireless adapters. I recently installed a new broadband service which came with a management utility that hijacks the WZC facility, making it very difficult to detect and configure new wireless connections. Consequently when you travel and move to a wireless network using different WEP keys the new network is not detected. To fix this go to control panel -> network connections. Right click on "Wireless Network connection" to see Properties, then the Wireless Networks tab and activate the checkbox "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings". This will allow you to view all wireless networks and set WEP keys.