Problem Applying Profile - Windows computer Connecting to OSX Network

I have an Airport, whose network is being administered on my macbook pro, but my Dell Inspiron 1520 Laptop is not able to connect to due to "problem applying profile."
Is this because it has a g card trying to connect to an N network? Or due to it being windows connecting to osx?
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Make sure your Base Station is configured for b/g compatibility mode, if you are going to be using it with a computer only capable of b/g modes.
This error most certainly has nothing to do with "windows connecting to OS X" - which it is not. The PC running Windows is connecting to a base station, using industry-standard protocols, and not OSX.
Is this a PC from work, set up originally to connect to a company wireless network?
You can get a lot of hints and tips for issues that cause your problem by doing an internet search on the term "problem applying profile", because this is not an error message specific to users of Apple Airport base stations.

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[SOLVED] Cannot get wpa_supplicant to connect to WPA network

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Thanks Mario. I read those 2 articles before writing my post.
As I wrote before, I could easily fix the "wifi not connecting after sleep" issue with the SMC reset and deleting the SystemConfiguration file. But I could not fix the stubborn "no wifi at point6" described in my post.
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Big surprise! I recovered the wifi access in Point 6 and everywhere around the house where I had low signal and Signal to noise ratio. Remember that I measured the noise and interference with Netspot and they were more than acceptable in Point6. Later, I will measure them again with Netspot to see if there is any difference.
Maybe somebody in this forum can explain to me how I did not have any problem for 4 months in channel 6 and suddenly being unable to get wifi in that point without any change in noise or interference, but being able to get wifi with channel 1, the most popular channel in my neighborhood and the one with the highest interference. There is a good article about this in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: Potential sources of wireless interference
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