BSOD only in one physical location problem

BSOD only in one physical location problem

I have a laptop that works fine everywhere. But when the user gets home and tries to start it it gets a BSOD. I said start it up and then go home and see what happens. Even though it is already started as soon as get gets home it stops working with a BSOD. When the user gets back in the car and goes out a few miles it reboots fine. I know this is more than a coincidence. This has happened over and over with various combinations. It only hoses up at his house.

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"Yes - I have seen this lots on some of the early Intel Wireless Pro based cards when connecting to secure networks - I forget now, but I think the card came out before AES or TKIP (whichever is newer) became widespread and whenever you attempt to connect to one of these, it either hangs or causes a BSOD.

They released a driver update that fixed it though. Based on the age of the laptop, I would guess it was this, but it has been some time since I last came across this problem."