Vista will not connect to Netgear WPA/WPA2 wireless router

HP Presario laptop with Vista Home Premium. Added Service packs 1 & 2 in a timely and all upgrades of MS Vista through 8/11. Laptop does not work on the wireless network using a new Netgear N300 router with WPA/WPA2-PSK security.  Roommate has Windows 7 on his laptop and connects very well. I thought that these Service packs were supposed to solve the problem of Vista-WPA? My laptop connects fine with the router if I use an Ethernet cable directly between the laptop and the router. NetGear argues that it is a matter of MS Vista. I missed a special fix?  Any suggestions?

Hello

I suggest you to follow the steps in troubleshooting section and check if it helps.

Windows wireless and wired network connection problems

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/wired-and-wireless-network-connection-problems-in-Windows

You can also read these articles and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

View and connect to available wireless networks

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/view-and-connect-to-available-wireless-networks

Solve problems, find wireless networks

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-finding-wireless-networks

Setting up a wireless network

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/setting-up-a-wireless-network

I hope this helps.

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