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August 17th 13, 05:49 PM
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WiFi (OFF)
When I click the wireless icon in the notification, I see "Wi-Fi (Off)".
Under Wireless in PC Settings, Wireless Devices, I see Wi-Fi (Off) again but the ON/OFF button is grayed out. Acer Aspire 5745. Also, Fn-F3 -- the combo that is supposed to toggle WiFi -- does nothing. Can I get back WiFi (On) somehow? Thnks. 
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August 17th 13, 06:12 PM
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WiFi (OFF)
On 8/17/2013 6:49 PM, Juan Wei wrote:
When I click the wireless icon in the notification, I see "Wi-Fi (Off)". Under Wireless in PC Settings, Wireless Devices, I see Wi-Fi (Off) again but the ON/OFF button is grayed out. Acer Aspire 5745. Also, Fn-F3 -- the combo that is supposed to toggle WiFi -- does nothing. Can I get back WiFi (On) somehow? Thnks. Click on it and choose "connect". -- Alias The only real problems are avarice, anger and stupidity.
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August 17th 13, 07:48 PM
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Alias has written on 8/17/2013 1:12 PM:
On 8/17/2013 6:49 PM, Juan Wei wrote: When I click the wireless icon in the notification, I see "Wi-Fi (Off)". Under Wireless in PC Settings, Wireless Devices, I see Wi-Fi (Off) again but the ON/OFF button is grayed out. Acer Aspire 5745. Also, Fn-F3 -- the combo that is supposed to toggle WiFi -- does nothing. Can I get back WiFi (On) somehow? Thnks. Click on it and choose "connect". Clicking on it does nothing! However, if I click on the icon for my home WLAN, I can indeed connect. Wi-Fi (Off) does not change.
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August 17th 13, 08:39 PM
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"Juan Wei" wrote in message ... When I click the wireless icon in the notification, I see "Wi-Fi (Off)". Under Wireless in PC Settings, Wireless Devices, I see Wi-Fi (Off) again but the ON/OFF button is grayed out. Acer Aspire 5745. Also, Fn-F3 -- the combo that is supposed to toggle WiFi -- does nothing. Can I get back WiFi (On) somehow? Thnks. Do your other Fn buttons work? If not, then you may need to reload Launch Manager. That's the program that enables the Fn key combo. Does the 5745 have a manual slide switch for Wireless? -- SC Tom
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August 18th 13, 12:58 AM
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SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 3:39 PM:
Do your other Fn buttons work? If not, then you may need to reload Launch Manager. That's the program that enables the Fn key combo. Yes. Does the 5745 have a manual slide switch for Wireless? No.
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August 18th 13, 01:38 AM
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WiFi (OFF)
"Juan Wei" wrote in message ... SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 3:39 PM: Do your other Fn buttons work? If not, then you may need to reload Launch Manager. That's the program that enables the Fn key combo. Yes. Does the 5745 have a manual slide switch for Wireless? No. Have you tried re-installing your wireless driver?
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August 18th 13, 01:51 AM
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SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 8:38 PM:
"Juan Wei" wrote in message ... SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 3:39 PM: Do your other Fn buttons work? If not, then you may need to reload Launch Manager. That's the program that enables the Fn key combo. Yes. Does the 5745 have a manual slide switch for Wireless? No. Have you tried re-installing your wireless driver? I downloaded Win 7 drivers from Acer and installed them. That's when this started.
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August 18th 13, 02:11 AM
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WiFi (OFF)
"Juan Wei" wrote in message ... SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 8:38 PM: "Juan Wei" wrote in message ... SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 3:39 PM: Do your other Fn buttons work? If not, then you may need to reload Launch Manager. That's the program that enables the Fn key combo. Yes. Does the 5745 have a manual slide switch for Wireless? No. Have you tried re-installing your wireless driver? I downloaded Win 7 drivers from Acer and installed them. That's when this started. Roll the drivers back and see if that fixes it. You can always search on-line for a newer driver for whichever wireless adapter you have. My Acer V3-731 has an Atheros AR5BWB222 adapter, and I found one online that worked when the Acer Win7 and Win8 drivers gave me fits.
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August 18th 13, 05:56 PM
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WiFi (OFF)
SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 9:11 PM:
Have you tried re-installing your wireless driver? I downloaded Win 7 drivers from Acer and installed them. That's when this started. Roll the drivers back and see if that fixes it. You can always search on-line for a newer driver for whichever wireless adapter you have. My Acer V3-731 has an Atheros AR5BWB222 adapter, and I found one online that worked when the Acer Win7 and Win8 drivers gave me fits. When I went to the computer this morning, Wi-Fi (Off) had change to Wi-Fi!! I had downloaded Win 8 drivers from Qualcomm and tried to install them but Windows said that I already had the latest drivers (Win 7 drivers from Acer!).
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August 18th 13, 06:34 PM
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On 17 Aug 2013, Juan Wei wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 3:39 PM: Do your other Fn buttons work? If not, then you may need to reload Launch Manager. That's the program that enables the Fn key combo. Yes. What does "yes" mean? Are you sure Launch Manager is running? Have you tried reinstalling it?
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August 18th 13, 06:42 PM
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Nil has written on 8/18/2013 1:34 PM:
On 17 Aug 2013, Juan Wei wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8: SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 3:39 PM: Do your other Fn buttons work? If not, then you may need to reload Launch Manager. That's the program that enables the Fn key combo. Yes. What does "yes" mean? You said, "Do your other Fn buttons work?". I said, "Yes". Seems pretty clear to me. :-)
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August 18th 13, 08:59 PM
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"Juan Wei" wrote in message ... SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 9:11 PM: Have you tried re-installing your wireless driver? I downloaded Win 7 drivers from Acer and installed them. That's when this started. Roll the drivers back and see if that fixes it. You can always search on-line for a newer driver for whichever wireless adapter you have. My Acer V3-731 has an Atheros AR5BWB222 adapter, and I found one online that worked when the Acer Win7 and Win8 drivers gave me fits. When I went to the computer this morning, Wi-Fi (Off) had change to Wi-Fi!! I had downloaded Win 8 drivers from Qualcomm and tried to install them but Windows said that I already had the latest drivers (Win 7 drivers from Acer!). Great! Glad it's working. See, it knew what it was doing after all :-) (yeah .. . . right) It wasn't off because the ethernet cable is plugged in, was it? Unlike when I had Win7 on my laptop, mine's an either/or, but not both. -- SC Tom
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August 19th 13, 01:40 AM
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WiFi (OFF)
SC Tom has written on 8/18/2013 3:59 PM:
"Juan Wei" wrote in message ... SC Tom has written on 8/17/2013 9:11 PM: Have you tried re-installing your wireless driver? I downloaded Win 7 drivers from Acer and installed them. That's when this started. Roll the drivers back and see if that fixes it. You can always search on-line for a newer driver for whichever wireless adapter you have. My Acer V3-731 has an Atheros AR5BWB222 adapter, and I found one online that worked when the Acer Win7 and Win8 drivers gave me fits. When I went to the computer this morning, Wi-Fi (Off) had change to Wi-Fi!! I had downloaded Win 8 drivers from Qualcomm and tried to install them but Windows said that I already had the latest drivers (Win 7 drivers from Acer!). Great! Glad it's working. See, it knew what it was doing after all :-) (yeah . . . right) It wasn't off because the ethernet cable is plugged in, was it? Unlike when I had Win7 on my laptop, mine's an either/or, but not both. No. The Enet cable is about 40 feet too short. ;-)
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