How Can I Get My Computer to Remember a Wireless Key?

Windows Vista and Windows 7

• 1). Click on "Start." Type "network" in the "Start Search" text field. Select "Network and Sharing Center" and press the "Enter" key.
  
  
• 2). Click on "Manage wireless networks."
  
  
• 3). Click on "Add." Select "Add a network that is in range of this computer" if you are in range of the wireless network you wish to save. Click on "Manually connect to a wireless network" otherwise.
  
  
• 4). Type the "Network name" if needed. Choose the security type used for the wireless key. Choose the "Encryption" type if needed.
  
  
• 5). Click the box next to "Display characters." Type the wireless security key.
  
  
• 6). Click the box next to "Start this connection automatically" to uncheck it if you do not wish to automatically connect to the network.
  
  
• 7). Click on "Next." Click on "Connect to" the network to log on or click on "Close" to complete setting up the network.
  
  

Windows XP

• 1). Click on "Start," then "Control Panel." Click on "Classic View" in the left column if applicable.
  
  
• 2). Double-click "Network Connections."
  
  
• 3). Double-click your "Wireless Network Connection." Click on the "View Wireless Networks" button.
  
  
• 4). Click on "Set up a wireless network for a home or small office" in the left column.
  
  
• 5). Click on "Next" twice in the "Network Setup Wizard." Click on "Next."
  
  
• 6). Type the "Network name (SSID)." Click on "Manually assign a network key." Click on "Use WPA encryption" if your network uses WPA instead of WEP security, which is recommended. Click on "Next."
  
  
• 7). Click on "Hide characters as I type" so you may view the security key as you type it. Type the "Network key" twice. Click on "Next."
  
  
• 8). Click on "Set up a network manually." Click on "Next." Click on "Finish."