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DLSheppard
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      03-09-2008, 12:09 PM
Wireless adapter missing from Device manager and Wireless connection missing
from Control Panel and anyone help????
 
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      03-09-2008, 12:31 PM
So that anyone reading this knows the detail to maybe give me hand here, I
signed into my laptop one afternoon and the wireless connection had a red "x"
on it. I had manually enabled it one other time, but I went to the device
manager and uninstalled the wireless adapter by accident. Since then I have
not seen anything wireless on here. I have tried "PCRecovery" reinstalling
the driver and downloaded drivers from the HP website, but nothing has worked
yet....I appreciate any information anyone might have....

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> Wireless adapter missing from Device manager and Wireless connection missing
> from Control Panel and anyone help????

 
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      03-09-2008, 12:57 PM
"DLSheppard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> So that anyone reading this knows the detail to maybe give me hand here, I
> signed into my laptop one afternoon and the wireless connection had a red

"x"
> on it. I had manually enabled it one other time, but I went to the device
> manager and uninstalled the wireless adapter by accident. Since then I

have
> not seen anything wireless on here.


Consult your hardware manual first.
When any device is enabled (available) in BIOS
settings, and/or BIOS is set to recognize Plug & Play
devices, Windows is supposed to notice at bootup
any device that lacks (software) drivers and prompt
you to instal them. If this does not happen, it
suggests your wireless circuitry has been damaged.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


 
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      03-09-2008, 04:37 PM


"Don Phillipson" wrote:

> "DLSheppard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C5089370-D439-40A5-ABC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > So that anyone reading this knows the detail to maybe give me hand here, I
> > signed into my laptop one afternoon and the wireless connection had a red

> "x"
> > on it. I had manually enabled it one other time, but I went to the device
> > manager and uninstalled the wireless adapter by accident. Since then I

> have
> > not seen anything wireless on here.

>
> Consult your hardware manual first.
> When any device is enabled (available) in BIOS
> settings, and/or BIOS is set to recognize Plug & Play
> devices, Windows is supposed to notice at bootup
> any device that lacks (software) drivers and prompt
> you to instal them. If this does not happen, it
> suggests your wireless circuitry has been damaged.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>
>Thank you, Don. I was beginning to think along those lines, but needed to hear it from someone else. Now what to do??? My display on this laptop, when I open or close it has started to buckel in the lower left hand corner...I think it is about to break. The wireless LAN went out short before it got this bad. Right now I leave it open all the time because I do not want to break it all the way. I downloaded the manuals from HP so I can see the way it is put together, but I am really apprehensive about trying to look inside.

 
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      03-09-2008, 05:32 PM
DLSheppard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "Don Phillipson" wrote:
>
>> "DLSheppard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:C5089370-D439-40A5-ABC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> So that anyone reading this knows the detail to maybe give me hand
>>> here, I signed into my laptop one afternoon and the wireless
>>> connection had a red

>> "x"
>>> on it. I had manually enabled it one other time, but I went to the
>>> device manager and uninstalled the wireless adapter by accident.
>>> Since then I

>> have
>>> not seen anything wireless on here.

>>
>> Consult your hardware manual first.
>> When any device is enabled (available) in BIOS
>> settings, and/or BIOS is set to recognize Plug & Play
>> devices, Windows is supposed to notice at bootup
>> any device that lacks (software) drivers and prompt
>> you to instal them. If this does not happen, it
>> suggests your wireless circuitry has been damaged.
>>
>> --
>> Don Phillipson
>> Carlsbad Springs
>> (Ottawa, Canada)
>>
>>
>> Thank you, Don. I was beginning to think along those lines, but
>> needed to hear it from someone else. Now what to do??? My display on
>> this laptop, when I open or close it has started to buckel in the
>> lower left hand corner...I think it is about to break. The wireless
>> LAN went out short before it got this bad. Right now I leave it open
>> all the time because I do not want to break it all the way. I
>> downloaded the manuals from HP so I can see the way it is put
>> together, but I am really apprehensive about trying to look inside.


If you have a hardware problem with the laptop, I suggest you call HP and
find out what your support/warranty/repair options are. It's entirely likely
that your wireless problem is related to this - and the case problem sure
won't get better on its own!


 
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Jack \(MVP-Networking\).
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      03-10-2008, 02:22 AM
Hi
May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"DLSheppard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Wireless adapter missing from Device manager and Wireless connection
> missing
> from Control Panel and anyone help????


 
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DLSheppard
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      03-11-2008, 01:35 PM
I also have a "ghost adapter" in my device manager. When I try to uninstall
it, a message comes up that says, " Failed to unistall the device. The device
may be required to boot the computer". I know I put it in there somehow but
don't know what that is all about....

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "DLSheppard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Wireless adapter missing from Device manager and Wireless connection
> > missing
> > from Control Panel and anyone help????

>
>

 
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