Wireless Security Problem (PC Laptop)

My PC laptop will connect wirelessly whenever I create an unsecured wireless connection; however, whenever I enable the wireless security feature; it no longer connects to the internet (0 bytes received). Any thoughts?

Hello Tesserax,
Thank you for your reply and assistance.  I was able to resolve this issue by updating my wireless adaptor driver.  I found another user on my laptop's support website that had the same issue.  I'm FINALLY... utilizing my wireless internet .
Best regards,
Shawn

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