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    Z720 hardware wifi switch is "off", any way to bypass it?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by HDTV4me, Jan 15, 2011.

  1. HDTV4me

    HDTV4me Notebook Consultant

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    My Z720 had intermittent problems loosing wifi adapter in device manager, now smartWi utility says hardware wifi switch is "off" even when its actually on and bluetooth which is controlled by same switch has disappeared too. I tried reinstalling wifi and bluetooth driver with no improvement.

    Is there any way to bypass the switch with keyboard buttons or registry edit?
     
    HDTV4me, Jan 15, 2011
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