The development of any software to manage the Wi-Fi connection and settings in your Windows has the problem of dealing between two different versions of Windows namely the Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista. There is a vast difference between the two versions as the APIs for Wi-Fi network management is different from each other in the two versions.

In case of Windows XP SP2/SP3, the “Wireless Zero Configuration” API performs all the required operations with Wi-Fi connections. Although it is the most widely used version of Windows, there is no guide available to show the way it works. On the other hand the “Native Wi-Fi” API used in case of Windows Vista is much simpler way to mange your Wi-Fi networks. You can also use a part of this API in Windows XP SP2 by downloading the software and installing the patch from Microsoft. Being a developer tool, the Wi-Fi manger simplifies the control of Wi-Fi settings by providing a COM interface for all the available API functions. It specifies the available networks and has functions for connecting or disconnecting and also for working with Wi-Fi network profiles.

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