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I was wondering if we can use a third party program, besides "Network and Sharing Center," to find WiFi networks.

Is there a popular and recommended application for Windows 7 that finds WiFi networks?

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possible duplicate of Wifi Finder for Windows – Daniel Beck Jun 19 '11 at 16:28
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I would say that NetStumbler is the most popular. It does not officially support Windows 7 (Thank you to paradroid for pointing that out), however I did find a site that shows how to configure it to make it work with Windows 7, and it will hopefully work for you.

http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/

http://wlanbook.com/netstumbler-windows-7/

This one is also very popular, and pretty well reviewed.

http://download.cnet.com/inSSIDer/3000-2085_4-10848357.html?tag=mncol;1 (32-bit)

http://download.cnet.com/inSSIDer-64-bit/3000-2085_4-75317291.html?tag=mncol;2 (64-bit)

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NetStumbler is my favourite. It's particularly interesting to let it run on my laptop as I drive through town, then see the fascinating variety of SSID names ("linksys" is the most common, and I've also seen creative uses of profanities in a small-but-noticeable number of them). – Randolf Richardson Jun 19 '11 at 15:44
@paradroid: inSSIDer. – Hello71 Jun 19 '11 at 15:55
+1, but, NetStumbler does not work on Vista onwards. inSIDDer is needed anything after XP. – paradroid Jun 19 '11 at 15:59
@Hello71: I left it over 5 mins to edit my comment, so I deleted it and added it again, adding the first two words. Now I see your reply, however, I have no idea what it means. – paradroid Jun 19 '11 at 16:05
@paradroid Thank you for the update. I will edit my answer. I also did find a site to show how to make it work. – KCotreau Jun 19 '11 at 16:08
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