Connect To One Wireless Network

Wireless networks are becoming more and more common. It's not at all unusual to be within range of several. If your connection stutters, WZC may try to hook you up with a different connection. Yet if WZC is off at start-up, the system may not connect at all. You don't have to open the Services dialog, scroll to the bottom, double-click on Wireless Zero Configuration, and click on the Stop button. Instead, you can create a shortcut.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System32 (or C:\Winnt\System32 if you're running Windows 2000). Locate the file Net.exe. Right-drag it onto the Desktop and choose Create shortcut(s) here when you drop it. Click twice slowly in the filename area and name the shortcut Stop WZC. Right-click on the shortcut, choose Properties, and click on the Shortcut tab. The Target field will probably show C:\WINDOWS\system32\net.exe. Append a space to this, followed by stop wzcsvc (don't forget the space before stop). If you like, repeat these steps and create another shortcut to start the service; just replace stop with start.

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