thats not the first time ive been called mad lol, i have the d link installed on another pc in the house and is working fine so theres obviously a problem with mine its just finding what it is, ive gone through all the configs etc the wireless is enabled, on the laptop and ideas or suggesstions would really help

Did everything look OK with the driver? What wireless networking device are you using, and what make and model PC do you have?

The driver is enabled and i have tested it and is working fine, i have intel pro wireless 3945ABG installed. It came already installed with the laptop,The laptop is a Toshiba Equium 100,

Hi Don, I am confused, how did you manage to test it?

If you can setup a new wireless connection from another PC to that router without any problems, and you have tested connectivity with another device from your laptop, there is absolutely no reason why you wouldn't be able to see your router also from the Wireless Network Connection window. Have you reset you router since re-installing Windows?

All im getting is: when you search for all available wireless networks im getting lots of wireless networks except my own, but my other pc is on the d link wireless networkand connection is good..
The preinstalled wireless is working on this laptop so i dont need to use a USB to get wireless, Hope this is making sense, The only thing i can think of is the D Link is not working on this laptop for some strange reason,although it did before i had to renew windows, i have not reset the D link router incase i lost it on the other pc. hope this makes sense, I know what i mean but its difficult to write it down

To test the pro wireless i went into device manager and done a diognosis with the pro wireless the message said there was no problem with this