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    Turn on Wireless

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Amateur, Aug 1, 2007.

  1. Amateur

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    How can you turn the wireless on/off in a Dell Inspiron 1300? It doesnt seem to be on and I dont know how to turn it on.
     
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    probably Fn + F2 or something like that.
     
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    Tried that but nothing happens, any other ideas?
     
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    try goin into network connections to make sure it is enabled
     
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    Where do i look here?
     
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    my computer>my network places>view network connections

    make sure your wireless adapter connection is listed. if it is there make sure it is enabled, if not, enable it. if it's not there then the driver might have possibly been uninstalled somehow rendering the wireless adapter useless.
     
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    Ok, thanks for that. Its not listed. How do i reinstall it? Where can i get the driver from?
     
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    the driver you can get from support.dell.com>drivers/downloads, enter your service tag # found on bottom of laptop. then browse to the wireless adapter section and download your model.

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    you can try right clicking my computer>properties>hardware>device manager>network adapters and click the wireless adapter there and click the reinstall driver button. if it's not under network adapters, it might have a question mark or exclamation point further down signifying a problem exists and attention is needed.
     
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