CAN'T connect to Motel Wi-Fi!!!?

-Ok. So if it matters, im in the city of Costa Mesa, California. With my laptop, today i've been easily able to connect to Wi-Fi connections in such places as Starbucks and McDonalds. The problem is that the Motel im staying at DOES offer Wi-Fi (the connection shows up on the list of Wireless Connections nearby), but every time I try to connect, I get a little pop up window at the bottom that reads "Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network" and the Status of the connection just stays at "Validating Identity"

What can I do here? Is there something I can do on the laptop? This place isn't necessarily a well known place so I have a feeling complaining to the foreign people at the front desk isn't going to get me anywhere.



Any QUICK help is greatly appreciated.