T60, Advanced Mini-Dock: Wireless connection fails after undock

Question

I have a Thinkpad T60 that I use at work, normally docked in a Thinkpad Advanced Mini-Dock, but occasionally undock (to bring to a meeting, etc.).  Normally, the wireless works fine -- I can connect to the wireless network at work, to my home wireless network, and to public access points (e.g. at a coffee shop) with no trouble.  In the past, at work, when I undocked the machine, the ThinkVantage Access Connections application would automatically switch me from my wired LAN connection to the office's wireless LAN, and everything would work great.
However, about a month ago, I started experiencing a problem where after I undock, ThinkVantage Access Connections doesn't automatically connect me to the office wireless network.  If I manually try to get ThinkVantage Access Connections to connect to the wireless network (by left-clicking on the ThinkVantage Access Connections in the system tray and selecting [my work network name] | Connect from the context menu that appears), it fails; the connection attempt fails on the "Applying Wireless Settings" step (the very first step).
From this failed state, if I leave the computer undocked and reboot it, the wireless will work ok following the reboot.  (The "Applying Wiress Settings" step seems to take an abnormally long time in this case, but it does eventually succeed.)
I'm running Windows XP SP2, and ThinkVantage Access Connections 4.52 (the current latest version).  The wireless card is the "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG"; it is running driver version 11.05.0.APIc (the current latest version).
This problem *may* have started happening immediately after I installed a round of updates through the ThinkVantage System Update application (I'm not 100% sure).  I can see via System Update's Install History window that both Access Connections 4.52 and the 11.05.0.APIc wireless card driver were installed on 5/16/2008.
One other data point: Yesterday, after undocking my machine, the "Access Connections Main Service" crashed (I got the typical Windows XP "[application] has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience" dialog.)  I manually restarted Access Connections via its Start menu entry (Start | Programs | ThinkVantage | Access Connections), and after that, I *was* able to successfully connect to the wireless network without rebooting.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a better solution than rebooting after each undock, or possibly, manually killing and restarting the ThinkVantage Access Connections process after each undock?
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Answer 1

Reverting to ThinkVantage Access Connections 4.42 solved this problem for me.  (As noted above, I was previously running 4.52.)  My laptop now once again automatically and successfully connects to the local wireless network following an undock.
I do get an error dialog now on an undock or redock.  Dialog caption: "netsh.exe - Unable to Locate Component".  Dialog text: "This application has failed to start because framedyn.dll was not found.  Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
However, the error dialog seems to be "harmless" in that at least my network connections are now working like they should, and it's easy enough to click the OK button to dismiss the dialog.