Solved Cannot find Windows Mobility Centre

[rexpeter]

Hello from a new Member.
Desktop User. Windows 7 Professional. Version 6.1.7601.

I am trying to turn on/off my wifi at will. My wifi is currently on as default but I rarely use it.
I have search different forums and even contacted Windows Help desk who did send me an email on how to open Windows Mobility Centre (which is where I believe wifi on/off option is located).

However I do not have the "Look in the lower right corner of the desktop for the Windows 7 power icon. Looks like a battery with an AC plug" that she mentioned in step 1 of her howto guide
Also I cannot find Windows Mobility Centre in my Search Facility.
Can anyone please help me?
Thanks
R

 

[Brink]

Hello Rex, and welcome to Seven Forums.

By default, the Windows Mobility Center is only enabled on portable PCs like notebooks. The tutorial below can help show you how to enable Windows Mobility Center on a desktop PC though.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/6552-windows-mobility-center-enable-desktop-computer.html

Once you have Windows Mobility Center enabled on your desktop computer, the shortcut below can make it easier to open.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/201950-windows-mobility-center-shortcut-create.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[AmericanPharaoh]

Go to your control panel, select Network and Internet, then select Network and Sharing Center, then from the left hand menu select change adapter settings. right click on your wireless adapter and select disable.

Network Adapter (NIC) - Enable or Disable in Windows


John

 

[rexpeter]

Thanks both for your quick replies..
1st of all johnsmith45jock I have just tried your method and at the last point I have the logo with 2 monitors in blue then to the right...Local Area Connection
Network 3
Nvidia nForce 10/100 Mbps ether

If I right click on that I get the options:

Disable
status
Diagnose
Bridge connections
create shortcut
rename
properties.

I do not have the option of right clicking on my wireless adapter?
Rex

 

[rexpeter]

Brink I will next try your method..

 

[rexpeter]

Brink.
I have just followed your link and instructions and then pressed Windows and x and nothing happens...

Next I tried and pressed windows and r and indeed a run box came up with C:\Windows\System32\mblctr.exe in the dialogue box. When I press Ok, Yes a Windows Mobility Centre pops up. However only the following options appear..
From left to right:
1.Mute. 2.Plugged in and not charging. 3.no display connected. 4.no sync partnerships.
5.Not presenting. - then the next 3 boxes are missing

 

[HAVOC]

Is this a desktop or laptop? If a desktop, how do you have WiFi?

Have you tried disabling WiFi in device manager?

 

[rexpeter]

Havoc.
A desktop. wifi through a virgin Hub. I cannot access wifi in device manager. it doesn't appear.

 

[Brink]

Did you install any drivers for it?

If the wireless adapter is connected via USB, then you could just unplug it turn it off.

 

[rexpeter]

Hellp Brink,
No Its not connected via USB.
My set up is that the cable comes in my house to a Hub/Router, then connected by ethernet to my PC.
I have tried to look everywhere on my system for anything to do with a wifi connection but cannot see it. I guess I will have to live with it. It 's no great problem just annoying that i can't see where to switch it off/on when I want!

 

[rexpeter]

By the way,what a great forum this is. As a new member I hardly had to wait an hour before 2 people offered suggestions.
Before this I joined windowsforum.com. After 48 hours 90 people had viewed my question, not a single reply or Hello.
I know where to come from now on for Windows 7 Help.

 

[Brink]

Hellp Brink,
No Its not connected via USB.
My set up is that the cable comes in my house to a Hub/Router, then connected by ethernet to my PC.
I have tried to look everywhere on my system for anything to do with a wifi connection but cannot see it. I guess I will have to live with it. It 's no great problem just annoying that i can't see where to switch it off/on when I want!

If it's connected via Ethernet to the computer, then it would not show as a wireless connection in "Network Connections".

What do you have showing in your Network Connections? Disabling your Ethernet connection should kill the network connection.

 

[rexpeter]

Do you mean in Network and sharing centre? If I disable the Ethernet connection then I will have no internet connection at at all?
When you say Network Connections what exactly do you mean?

 

[rexpeter]

I cannot see wireless connection or wifi anywhere, so I can't see where to turn it off?

 

[Brink]

I'm saying that if you only have an Ethernet cable connected to your computer from the hub, then you do not have a wireless connection. It will show up as an Ethernet connection in "Network Connections" below instead.

See link: Network Adapter (NIC) - Enable or Disable in Windows

 

[rexpeter]

Brink,

1. "I'm saying that if you only have an Ethernet cable connected to your computer from the hub, then you do not have a wireless connection. It will show up as an Ethernet connection in "Network Connections" below instead."

I think there may be some mistake,perhaps on my part explaining my problem.Yes I am connected to the internet via an ethernet,so no i am not connected on a wireless connection as would be the case with a laptop/tablet. My point is I want to be able to turn off the wifi facility within my Hub. It's working by default as I have tested it by using a mobile phone.

2.If I use your link and get through the stage show in the diagram under Number 5. In my case titled "local area connection"
If Ii select "disable" won't that disable my internet access not just my wifi facility?

 

[Brink]

Ah, ok. Now that makes more sense then. The Windows Mobility Center will not help with this.

Usually, you will need to log in to the router using the router's IP address in your browser's address bar on the PC to then turn off wireless in the router's settings. Sometimes the router will have a physical button on it to turn on/off wireless.

What's the brand and model of your router? I'll see if I can find more specific instructions for how to do this.

 

[rexpeter]

Hello again Brink.
I have done it. After your prompt above, I looked on the back of my Hub, took down the details of the web address. Logged into the Hub via the username and password on the back of the Hub. Changed my Password, then turned off Wifi. I checked it with my phone and indeed it is now off.

I have had my hub for about 5 years and wifi is on by default. I never even thought about it until I recently was given an android phone that needed updating, preferably by wifi. Hence my investigation, I never use wifi and I wanted the facility to turn if off, just because I can. (the added benefit being I can tell my conspiracy theorist Mom that my brain is no longer being fried by Wifi signals )

Thanks for your help and your patience with questions. I know where to come for help in the future.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome.

Hopefully no one has been using your Wi-Fi.

 

[rexpeter]

No, I don't think so they would need the SSID and password from the back of my Hub.