Cannot turn Wireless On


  1. RichardNixon
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7,Pro 32, Ulti 64
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    Cannot turn Wireless On


    After some house cleaning (Cleaning out temp files, ran CCleaner's registry clean, tweaking some services, updating some drivers and deleting an unused dual-boot partition) I ran into BSODs on boot. Repair, and restore points didn't help. Ended up fixing my boot problem through BCDEDIT.exe, deleted the entries then going back to a previous restore point a few hours old.

    Now that my system is up and running again I can't seem to get Wireless enabled. No wireless networks are shown.
    Here's a list of things I've gone through.
    -Windows Network Diagnostics says to Turn on wireless capability, fails to fix it.
    -Enabled in device manager and Network adapters
    -Wireless is enabled in BIOS
    -Wireless switch on laptop is on
    -Deleted device and drivers. Reinstalled device with latest drivers.
    -Checked services, WLAN AutoConfig is running
    -Windows Mobility Center's "Turn Wireless On" is greyed out
    -Wireless Card is shown in ipconfig, auto configuration is enabled, state shown as Media disconnected

    Is there any other services I should check to make sure they are running?
    Any registry entries that can be checked?
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  3. RichardNixon
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7,Pro 32, Ulti 64
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    So found out my problem. HP has a setting in the BIOS for LAN/WLAN Switching, it will disable the wireless card and not alert you to that fact, if it finds a wired connection (working or not).
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