Wired networks > wireless networks. You really can’t deny it. I have no idea why Microsoft puts the wireless network adapter above the wired adapter in the priority list. Some of you may have changed this in Windows XP, pretty easy finding the Network Connections folder, going to Advanced -> Advanced Settings and reordering the adapters in there. It’s the same way in Vista…once you find the Advanced menu. Windows Vista made a lot of changes to some of the control panel, so it takes some time finding everything.

I’m sure there is a way to actually click on a menu item to open the Network Connections folder, but I think it’s easier to go to the Start menu and type in ncpa.cpl and hit enter.

The Network Connections window in Vista looks almost the same as in XP, just a few little things. One of them is the lack of a menu bar. To get the menu bar showing, you need to click on Organize and then click on Layout which expands a menu and then click Menu Bar. Now the menu bar should be showing.

Now you can setup the connection order the same way as in XP. Go to the Advanced menu, click on Advanced Settings and you can highlight network adapters and click the up and down arrows to move the order around.

You should be good to go now. Also, if anyone knows how to get to the Network Connections window without typing in ncpa.cpl in Start menu, please leave a comment.