I've checked my wireless internet adapter in device manager, which is working. But when I power up my laptop, the LAN doesnt appeared. Being XP, its meant to be automatic. Is there anyway I can override this and make it work?
2007-12-07 01:06:54 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
the wireless is swiched on,
the network connections in the control panel is empty
the wireless connection manager is showing no hardware installed, but again the device manager shows it as installed and working
Regards to all that can help
2007-12-07 01:18:02 · update #1
Tracy L, thank you so much BEST answer coming your way
2007-12-07 01:49:21 · update #2
If indeed the Network Connectors in Control Panel is empty and the devices are listed in the device manger... then go to the device manager, delete the devices and reboot!
On the reboot, they will be "rediscovered" and the correct drivers will be reloaded. If they are not rediscovered you will need to reinstall them from the driver cd etc. (But 99% of the time they will just auto reinstall.)
They should then "reappear" in the Control Panel and go to working. XP does this sometimes, no good reason, it just does.
Hope that helps. Merry Christmas and God Bless
2007-12-07 01:44:07 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you turned the physical wireless switch off? It is generally a slider on the front of your laptop.
wdw
2007-12-07 01:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by Who Dares Wins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you reset the network by turn it all off
2007-12-07 05:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=450
2007-12-07 01:37:49 · answer #4 · answered by muffer_3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋