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    wireless capability is turned off

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by upsmac, Oct 27, 2009.

  1. upsmac

    upsmac Newbie

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    hi there !!!
    lm using windows 7 and l tried to connect my laptop to a wireless router but couldn't and then l diagonise and it says wireless capability is turned off.but l checked the wireless button and it's on and it even shows a blue light that the wireless is on and then l tried to connect again but nothing , it still says wireless capability is turned off and then tried the BIOS / setup screen still nothing changes if anyone knows how to fix the problems ,
    your help will be much more appreciated
    by the way my computer is gateway T series
    thanks very much
     
    upsmac, Oct 27, 2009
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  2. xarthos

    xarthos Notebook Evangelist

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    There is an FN key + number key combination that turns wireless on and off just like the button on the front of the laptop in most cases. You may have turned it off this way. Let me know if this helps.
     
    xarthos, Oct 27, 2009
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  3. upsmac

    upsmac Newbie

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    There is an FN key + number key combination that turns wireless on and off just like the button on the front of the laptop in most cases. You may have turned it off this way. Let me know if this helps

    l tried it, still no change
    thank you
     
    upsmac, Oct 27, 2009
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  4. TnG2903

    TnG2903 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ^^, you should try this, it worked for me:

    1. Turn on wireless device
    2. Uninstall wireless driver
    3. Restart your lappy
    4. Wait for installing device
    5. Try to find a way to post your result here ^^

    Good luck, man
     
    TnG2903, Oct 27, 2009
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  5. upsmac

    upsmac Newbie

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    nope man .it's not working
    thanks anyway
     
    upsmac, Oct 27, 2009
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  6. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    I have no solution but experience. Win7 wifi connection on my 7811 can be irritating and unexplainable. When I change locations (routers/connections), I usually have problems and often get the "not on" messages. It takes some reboots and fooling around but I eventually get on. I have not yet figured out how to avoid the foolishness.

    My encouragement is that it does eventually work and will be problem free until I connect to another router. You may have other issues but your experience is common to me.

    Good luck.
     
    Syngensmyth, Oct 27, 2009
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  7. TnG2903

    TnG2903 Notebook Enthusiast

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    man, I'm sorry to hear that.
    May be you should try to enable some services in services.msc that start with wireless or WLAN. There's one time I disable Wireless Lan autoconfig ^^ and I can't connect to internet.
    May be (just maybe) you should try to clean install windows again? :D
     
    TnG2903, Oct 27, 2009
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  8. upsmac

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    thanks man l installed the windows again and finally the wireless worked
     
    upsmac, Oct 28, 2009
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  9. TnG2903

    TnG2903 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah, ^^, I'm very happy to hear that^^, congratulation, man
     
    TnG2903, Oct 28, 2009
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