Wireless connection connected but says "Acquiring network address".?

I have a Dell Dimension 4700c computer with Windows XP Home Edition (with all microsoft updates downloaded and installed), and use a Netgear WG111v3 Wireless-G USB Adapter, and it works just fine. It connects to the internet, but even though it's connected (I'm able to use Facebook on Google Chrome), the wireless connection icon on the taskbar keeps indicating that it's "Acquiring network address". And I can use the internet, but still says "Acquiring network address". At least the internet is working fine, so I know it doesn't matter. But still I wanna fix the glitch anyway. And I wanna know how. I tried to check for updates on the adapter using Device Manager, but it turns out that it's up to date. And I went on Microsoft Update, but the computer's up to date. I even tired to end the explorer.exe process and restart the explorer.exe process to see if the wireless connection icon would refresh and display the "Connected" icon instead of the "connecting" icon, but didn't help either. And doing the "repair" thing didn't work either, cuz when it got to the "Connecting to the wireless network" part, it just kept constantly saying "Renewing the IP address" for over an hour, and I opened Google Chrome to see if it's connected, and I was still able to use Facebook, but it still says "Renewing the IP address", and I clicked "Cancel", and refreshed Facebook, and the internet still works, but the "Connecting" icon is still on the taskbar. And I enabled all the services that's for internet, and I even enabled NetBIOS from the TCP/IP properties, but I didn't see "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" service showing in the Services in Administrative tools, but enabled it from the TCP/IP properties anyway, but it didn't fix the problem either. I tried all I could, and I just need help. And whoever wants to answer me, after u answer me, still try to look at this question daily to see if I replied to your answer, cuz if I'm confused with your answer, I might need to ask about certain details, and most people I need to ask about some additional information don't notice my replies. Checking for my replies after u answer me will help me alot. Thanks.