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    HP Wireless assistant doesnt work

    Discussion in 'HP' started by wild05kid05, Feb 18, 2010.

  1. wild05kid05

    wild05kid05 Cook Free or Die

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    I have reinstall it many times but the splash doesnt appear whenever I press the wifi button,help please
     
    wild05kid05, Feb 18, 2010
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    Right-click the Wireless Assistant icon in the system tray. Go to Open HP Wireless Assistant. Click Properties. Check "Status Messages" and "Independent controls". It should work now.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Feb 18, 2010
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    it doesn't even show in the system tray...
     
    wild05kid05, Feb 19, 2010
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    I believe there were problems before in other computers as well so I just uninstalled it. Why do you need it anyway?
     
    shriek11, Feb 19, 2010
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    Do you have HPWAMain.exe running? @ shriek11, i uninstalled it at first too, but it's useful to separate BT from WLAN. I mostly use bluetooth which uses much less power, so why should i keep WLAN enabled as well? It saves some battery life.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Feb 19, 2010
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    No it's not shown in task manager
     
    wild05kid05, Feb 19, 2010
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    Oh yeah my laptop doesn't have a bluetooth in it. I am surprised HP doesn't have a built in option through an function key like Asus and Lenovo does.
     
    shriek11, Feb 19, 2010
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    Go to

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    C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant
    and run HPWAMain.exe. Does HP Wireless Assistant start now?
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Feb 19, 2010
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    It starts for 2 seconds then automatically close in task manager ]:,something stops it
     
    wild05kid05, Feb 19, 2010
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    In that case it isn't properly installed.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Feb 19, 2010
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