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    WLAN off upon startup

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by flusteredd, Aug 23, 2008.

  1. flusteredd

    flusteredd Notebook Enthusiast

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    my laptop used to start up with WLAN on, but now its always off upon startup, how can i change this setting?
     
    flusteredd, Aug 23, 2008
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    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    It might be disabled in the BIOS. Try entering ur BIOS at boot up and check to see that the Wireless Adapter is set to enabled.

    And how long ago did u notice this change?
     
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    just today, i've never been in the BIOS before, so im not sure how it would've gotten changed in the first place
     
    flusteredd, Aug 23, 2008
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    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    Well stuff happens, you might have done something recently that triggered the WLAN to a "disabled" state; And that "trigger" would have been written to the Registry. So if u don't want to go into the BIOS, the other option u have is to do a System Restore. What OS are u running? This should be similar for XP and .Vista. Go to Start-->All Programs-->Accessories-->System Tools-->System Restore. Restore the computer to yesterday or something...a time when it was working normally.

    Good Luck!
     
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    thanks for the help!
     
    flusteredd, Aug 24, 2008
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