I deserve a medal.
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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!
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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.