Hi joe
Thanks I did that. However doesn't really resolve the issue of when I get near a unsecured free network (that I haven't previously ignored) with my notebook. So for example when I'm travelling o/s.
Ahh well, I'll just have to be especially careful.
Anyway thinking about it, the problem still existed when I unistalled the Intel proset wireless tools, so it seems the issue is windows based rather than Intel.