Wireless Capability Turned Off

[Lance1]

This is my TV PC. HP Pavilion model p7-1219. It's been working grate for more then a year now but to day after work I lost WIFI. Here's a pic of the trouble shooter. I installed the Mobility Center from brinks post "Enable Windows Mobility Center on a Desktop Windows PC" No link you'll have to look it up. In the Mobility Center the wireless is grayed out. If this was a laptop it'd be anther story but it a tower! No FN key and no WIFI switch. For the life of me I can't figure this out. How do I turn the Wireless Capability ON. Any ideas??

 

[iko22]

Hello Lance1,

you have a HP machine. Then perhaps this thread is relevant/of use to you: Cannot turn Wireless On

 

[Lance1]

Hello Lance1,

you have a HP machine. Then perhaps this thread is relevant/of use to you: Cannot turn Wireless On

HP has a setting in the BIOS for LAN/WLAN Switching

The OP says that going to this setting in the BIOS fixed the issue. I have no such setting in this BIOS. The WIFI card is recognized in the Control Panel and Network but "Not Connected". I pulled the WIFI card and boot up and shutdown reinsert and boot in hopes that it'll reset but no joy. All and any help welcome thank you.

 

[iko22]

Lance1,

For some reason I cannot see the attached image in your post #3.

Never mind, what does Device Manager have to say about the Device Status?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Lance1,

You could run my Problem_Devices batch script to find any problems and errors => View attachment Problem_Devices.bat.

I hope this helps!

 

[Lance1]

Lance1,

For some reason I cannot see the attached image in your post #3.

Never mind, what does Device Manager have to say about the Device Status?

It says that it just fine.

 

[Lance1]

Hi Lance1,

You could run my Problem_Devices batch script to find any problems and errors => View attachment 409417.

I hope this helps!

It says nothing was found.

 

[iko22]

It says that it just fine.

From a command prompt window, type:
netsh interface show interface
- what is the State of the wifi interface?

 

[iko22]

If you type
ipconfig /release [adaptor]
ipconfig /renew [adaptor]

where [adaptor] is the interface name given by netsh interface show interface.

What error message does these commands produce?

 

[Lance1]

Thanks for your help iKO22. I ran both commands. here are the results.

I all so ran the ipconfig /release *con* command with this result.

 

[Lance1]

I just ran a cable to the system but I'll keep looking for a solution. Thanks for your help.

 

[iko22]

Thanks for your help iKO22. I ran both commands. here are the results.

I all so ran the ipconfig /release *con* command with this result.

Sorry, my fault, the [] brackets should not have been included. Instead use "" because your network interface name has spaces in it:
ipconfig /release "Wireless Network Connection"
ipconfig /renew "Wireless Network Connection"

 

[iko22]

I just ran a cable to the system but I'll keep looking for a solution. Thanks for your help.

How are you getting on? Your in another Time Zone. If you want to find more information on the problem, try these commands and make note of their outputs:

netsh wlan show drivers
netsh wlan show autoconfig
netsh wlan show blockednetworks
netsh wlan show networks
and from an elevated command prompt, type the following:
netsh wlan show wlanreport

 

[Lance1]

Thanks iko22 I'll run those commends and post the results. Like I said I ran a CAT cable to the TV comp so the wife could watch Netflix and keep the peace... The comp works just fine with the cable but the wife hates the cable running on the floor. Happy Wife Happy Life! Not right now....

 

[Paul Black]

Hi iko22,

. . . and from an elevated command prompt, type the following:
netsh wlan show wlanreport

I didn't think that was a Windows 7 command [Windows 10]!

 

[iko22]

Hi iko22,

I didn't think that was a Windows 7 command [Windows 10]!

:banghead: Thank you Paul.

 

[Paul Black]

:banghead: Thank you Paul.

 

[torchwood]

Hi Lance,

check the HP wireless Assistant program

open the HPWA and click Properties button. Check the box next to "Independent controls for installed wireless devices." Then click "Turn All On" button. REBOOT

Roy

god i hate some of these OEMs extras.

Roy

 

[Lance1]

Hi Lance,

check the HP wireless Assistant program

open the HPWA and click Properties button. Check the box next to "Independent controls for installed wireless devices." Then click "Turn All On" button. REBOOT

Roy

god i hate some of these OEMs extras.

Roy

Thank you. I'll look into that after work today.

 

[Lance1]

Hi Lance,

check the HP wireless Assistant program

open the HPWA and click Properties button. Check the box next to "Independent controls for installed wireless devices." Then click "Turn All On" button. REBOOT

Roy

god i hate some of these OEMs extras.

Roy

I had to download it I couldn't find it on the system. I ran it and it said this and discontinued the install.. So I'm assuming this app is just for Laptops.