Loose of wirelss

Computer HP Pavilion zc6252EA came with wireless working and connecting when
I went a wondering. 11 Months ago I changed to BT (this may be a red herring)
and have not had cause to use the wireless device until last moth when it
failed to pick up any signals. I now receive a message that my comports1 & 2
plus USB are not working. When I go to Device Manager the ComPort device is
not listed. Any polite and in-expensive suggests?

Forgot to say I'm using Windows XP

"Paddyray" wrote:

> Computer HP Pavilion zc6252EA came with wireless working and connecting when
> I went a wondering. 11 Months ago I changed to BT (this may be a red herring)
> and have not had cause to use the wireless device until last moth when it
> failed to pick up any signals. I now receive a message that my comports1 & 2
> plus USB are not working. When I go to Device Manager the ComPort device is
> not listed. Any polite and in-expensive suggests?

thank you for your information and I am sorry to be such an idiot but is
there a smple way you can instruct me on how to access CMOS/BIOS to make the
changes?

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Apr 14, 2:26 pm, Paddyray <Paddy...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > Forgot to say I'm using Windows XP
> >
> >
> >
> > "Paddyray" wrote:
> > > Computer HP Pavilion zc6252EA came with wireless working and connecting when
> > > I went a wondering. 11 Months ago I changed to BT (this may be a red herring)
> > > and have not had cause to use the wireless device until last moth when it
> > > failed to pick up any signals. I now receive a message that my comports1 & 2
> > > plus USB are not working. When I go to Device Manager the ComPort device is
> > > not listed. Any polite and in-expensive suggests?- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Com 1 , Com 2 and USB have no link to the wireless network. These are
> separate devices. The onlt common link these have is that they are
> usually all port of the main noard of the PC (aka motherbaord.) These
> can be turned off / on by accessing the motherboard configuration
> controls known as CMOS / BIOS. Once you access the BIOS, you will
> need to check, and turn on, serial port A / B, USB ports and wireless
> network adapter.
>

Ah! now I remember. Many thanks for yourhelp

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Apr 15, 2:19 pm, Paddyray <Paddy...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > thank you for your information and I am sorry to be such an idiot but is
> > there a smple way you can instruct me on how to access CMOS/BIOS to make the
> > changes?
> >
> >
> >
> > "smlunatick" wrote:
> > > On Apr 14, 2:26 pm, Paddyray <Paddy...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Forgot to say I'm using Windows XP
> >
> > > > "Paddyray" wrote:
> > > > > Computer HP Pavilion zc6252EA came with wireless working and connecting when
> > > > > I went a wondering. 11 Months ago I changed to BT (this may be a red herring)
> > > > > and have not had cause to use the wireless device until last moth when it
> > > > > failed to pick up any signals. I now receive a message that my comports1 & 2
> > > > > plus USB are not working. When I go to Device Manager the ComPort device is
> > > > > not listed. Any polite and in-expensive suggests?- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > > > - Show quoted text -
> >
> > > Com 1 , Com 2 and USB have no link to the wireless network. These are
> > > separate devices. The onlt common link these have is that they are
> > > usually all port of the main noard of the PC (aka motherbaord.) These
> > > can be turned off / on by accessing the motherboard configuration
> > > controls known as CMOS / BIOS. Once you access the BIOS, you will
> > > need to check, and turn on, serial port A / B, USB ports and wireless
> > > network adapter.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> NO! PCs have different methods of accessing the BIOS. There usually
> is a message display during hte PC's boot up that show which key need
> to be (during the time the message is showing) press. If the message
> disappears before you press the key, then you will have to restart the
> PC so that it is shown again.
>
> If HP is following the older Compaq method (??,) Compaq was using the
> "keyboard function" key <F10>. Other makers can use:
>
> <Del>
> <F1> -- IBM / Lenovos
>
>
> Check you manuals or HP's web site.
>