I deserve a medal.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I have checked the hardware manager and it confirms that it is there, got the drivers and working perfectly, I just can't switch on.
I once fixed this issue for my neighbor. There was a switch on the bottom front of her laptop that enabled/disabled wireless.
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If DD touches her front bottom, he really, really will be in trouble. With Michelle, if with no-one else. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I have spent 6+ hours attempting to sort out a friends laptop. Removed tons of crap, ran a scan that took 2 hours and had loads of spyware, defragged, and generally cleaned up the whole thing. Now down to my last two probs. Firstly, cannot get the wireless to switch on. The Fn Key works, I can adjust brightness etc, and the F2 works, but the wireless will not turn on. I have checked the hardware manager and it confirms that it is there, got the drivers and working perfectly, I just can't switch on. Is there any way of turning it on via the os (Vista - puke)?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Is there any way of turning it on via the os (Vista - puke)?
I had a laptop that occasionally would switch bands (frequencies, whatever), making the wireless useless. That's another idea. Marc
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Is there any way of turning it on via the os (Vista - puke)?
I had a laptop that occasionally would switch bands (frequencies, whatever), making the wireless useless. That's another idea. Marc
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Then it's switched off at the h/w layer. There has to be a switch somewhere, have a good grope and see what you can find. Or ask Dr Google?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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I have spent 6+ hours attempting to sort out a friends laptop. Removed tons of crap, ran a scan that took 2 hours and had loads of spyware, defragged, and generally cleaned up the whole thing. Now down to my last two probs. Firstly, cannot get the wireless to switch on. The Fn Key works, I can adjust brightness etc, and the F2 works, but the wireless will not turn on. I have checked the hardware manager and it confirms that it is there, got the drivers and working perfectly, I just can't switch on. Is there any way of turning it on via the os (Vista - puke)?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Then it's switched off at the h/w layer. There has to be a switch somewhere, have a good grope and see what you can find. Or ask Dr Google?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
I have googled! (I googled before asking here, for I figured there may be something obvious) I have groped and inspected and can say there is definitely no buttons to be poked.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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I have googled! (I googled before asking here, for I figured there may be something obvious) I have groped and inspected and can say there is definitely no buttons to be poked.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
The LED indicator isn't even lighting up.
Had that happen too. Basically, if I squeezed the case on the laptop in a certain way, I could get the LED to light up for a while. Eventually I gave up fighting the mechanical nightmare of the switch and ended up buying a USB wireless dongle. Marc
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for Vista Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections if it is disabled there is a big red X then right-click --> enable then again right-click --> Connect
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Who would have thought you had to have the numlock on! I have no reason to understand why this should be so, but apparently if you have the numlock on you turn the wireless adapter on and off at the hardware level, and if it is off it is switched at the os level. So having the numlock on, then switching off the adapter, when the numlock is off you cannot turn it on at all. What fuckwit thought of this? Anyway, Henry, you are my hero, and I shall build a shrine and sacrifice a toblerone to you!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
The LED indicator isn't even lighting up.
Had that happen too. Basically, if I squeezed the case on the laptop in a certain way, I could get the LED to light up for a while. Eventually I gave up fighting the mechanical nightmare of the switch and ended up buying a USB wireless dongle. Marc
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If DD touches her front bottom, he really, really will be in trouble. With Michelle, if with no-one else. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
You see what DD said below? She's apparently a model. Maybe it would be worth it. :-\
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You see what DD said below? She's apparently a model. Maybe it would be worth it. :-\
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I have spent 6+ hours attempting to sort out a friends laptop. Removed tons of crap, ran a scan that took 2 hours and had loads of spyware, defragged, and generally cleaned up the whole thing. Now down to my last two probs. Firstly, cannot get the wireless to switch on. The Fn Key works, I can adjust brightness etc, and the F2 works, but the wireless will not turn on. I have checked the hardware manager and it confirms that it is there, got the drivers and working perfectly, I just can't switch on. Is there any way of turning it on via the os (Vista - puke)?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
(Vista - puke
Not in Vista puke. You have to upgrade to at least Vista Barf or Vista ThrowUp Pro.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
(Vista - puke
Not in Vista puke. You have to upgrade to at least Vista Barf or Vista ThrowUp Pro.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchyDon't forget Vista Volcanic Vomet Version V.
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Don't forget Vista Volcanic Vomet Version V.
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Vista Absolute Greatest Implementation Never Actualized
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Who would have thought you had to have the numlock on! I have no reason to understand why this should be so, but apparently if you have the numlock on you turn the wireless adapter on and off at the hardware level, and if it is off it is switched at the os level. So having the numlock on, then switching off the adapter, when the numlock is off you cannot turn it on at all. What fuckwit thought of this? Anyway, Henry, you are my hero, and I shall build a shrine and sacrifice a toblerone to you!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Who's the ass-hat HW mfg of the POS you're dealing with? I want to be sure to avoid them. This whole thread is reminiscent of the Lenovo g3000 series I had to fix for a friend - wireless not turning on was a flaky BIOS problem.... about drove me nuts trying to figure it out. The best part: Lenovo essentially said, "nuts." took months before they even considered it a problem worth investigating - and I never did hear if they produced a BIOS fix, after they did confirm that it was indeed the BIOS... D.
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I have spent 6+ hours attempting to sort out a friends laptop. Removed tons of crap, ran a scan that took 2 hours and had loads of spyware, defragged, and generally cleaned up the whole thing. Now down to my last two probs. Firstly, cannot get the wireless to switch on. The Fn Key works, I can adjust brightness etc, and the F2 works, but the wireless will not turn on. I have checked the hardware manager and it confirms that it is there, got the drivers and working perfectly, I just can't switch on. Is there any way of turning it on via the os (Vista - puke)?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
If it's a Dell, it wouldn't hurt to check in the BIOS' SETUP program (F2 at POST) if the keyboard shortcut is enabled. It also lets you enable WiFi from there, I think.