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    M17x Wireless card issue in Win 7

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by MrTiggleWorth, Nov 25, 2009.

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    Wireless card was working great in Vista, however since i installed Win 7 the wireless is causing me a load of hassle. I've checked, in the network settings and it says the wireless card is disabled. So i enable it, it says enabled, but it's still disabled, still greyed out.

    Tried uninstalling the card in device manager, still same issue. So i reboot and that sorts it most of the time. But still i shouldn't have to be doing this.

    It's like some sort of service is disabling, like a hardware profile. I've read that a few people with other brands of laptops are having similar issues. But has anyone else got this problem?
     
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    ok just did a system restore as no matter what i tried it was always greyed out. I've now done what's recommended and hopefully the problem wont be back. but watch this space i guess, lol.

    Thanks for the quick reply mate. Much appreciated.
     
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