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    2090 Wireless Select Switch tray icon

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by HotBlood, Aug 30, 2007.

  1. HotBlood

    HotBlood Notebook Consultant

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    Did your 2090 come with Wireless Select Switch installed?
    Seems like the _only_ thing it does is add a system tray icon telling you if your wireless switch is on or off. Seems more like an internal development tool to me... if I don't find any other uses for it, it's gone.
     
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  2. JoeNewberry

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    It makes the physical wireless switch on the front of the laptop work. Without it you won't be able to turn the wireless card on and off. So it'd be a good idea to leave that installed.
     
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    Err...I didn't install it and the wireless switch on my laptop works. I think all it does is give a notice when you flip the switch on and off.
     
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  4. HotBlood

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    Yea, I installed Vista myself on it and it was working before installing the software. It's probably a physical switch that shuts off power to the wireless card. I guess the program is pretty much useless. There's an indicator light next to the switch anyway.
     
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    The program is used to configure weather or not you want bluetooth and wireless or either/or. Carefull though, changing this changes the software hardware inside the switch not ur computer. So if you ever want to change it back, you have to use the software; reformatting/uninstalling will NOT change it back to its default. If you're sure you'll want just wireless, or bluetooth+wireless on whenever the switch is on, then just set it to that and then uninstall the software using programs/features.
     
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    O ok. I didn't get bluetooth so that settles it for me. Thx.
     
    HotBlood, Aug 31, 2007
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