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    Acer Aspire 5810T (Timeline) - force wifi on AND/OR disable wifi button

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by skroslak, Jul 17, 2009.

  1. skroslak

    skroslak Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have an Acer notebook and I really want to have wifi always on. I accidentally keep turning off the wifi every once in a while, because - trust me - it's very very sensitive. Is there a way to do this? Thanks
     
    skroslak, Jul 17, 2009
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    uninstall launch manager? that should disable the shortcut button
     
    lee_what2004, Jul 18, 2009
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  3. skroslak

    skroslak Newbie

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    I tried to kill the Acer Launch manager process, but that just disabled OSD of wifi state switching, button is still active and working (even the LED next to keyboard is reacting well).
    I can't exactly 'play' with installing/uninstalling launch manager, since the notebook is in production and I can't afford to screw up anything. But I can try to steal it and hide with it in some deep corner and in next few days :)
     
    skroslak, Jul 20, 2009
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    well, I reviewed aformentioned laptop and I come to a conclusion that I can't simply uninstall Launch manager, since it's functionality is needed. So I've just warned the user that he has to be careful and not accidentaly press wifi on/off button (it made me look a bit lame though..)
    What worries me, when I go to C:\Program Files\Launch Manager\LMConfig.exe, this little utility... is it supposed to be working? When I executed this file, nothing happens...
     
    skroslak, Jul 26, 2009
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