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When you are in the UK or in Europe and you visit anywhere that offers free WiFi, such as Macdonalds - how do you actually connect? Does your laptop/phone/iPhone etc automatically connect or do you have to put in a password or network key? If so, how do you find out what the password key is?
The reason I ask is that I once tried to connect at a Macdonalds drive thru and although my laptop detected a full WiFi signal it would not open my Internet Explorer page! My husband went and asked one of the assistants if there was a password we needed to enter and she looked at him gone out and said she didn't know!
Thanks.
Sue
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We were wondering the same thing. Tried to access the internet outside a MacD but to no avail. We decided that perhaps we needed to buy a BigMac in order to be given the password so, having more regard to our digestive systems, we gave up and drove on!
We did the right-click thing, which works fine with other accesses needing a password, but still nothing.
Mrs. D
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Thank you Rislar - but please may I ask where I will find my access icon? Sorry to sound so dumb but I just cannot see it!
Sue x
What operating system are you using XP or Vista?
if you are using XP
1.) go to START
2.) Right Click Connect to - show all connections
3.) Right Click the adapter you are using
4.) go to Properties
5.) check the boxes in the bottom
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no password needed!
