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My computer doesn't realize that there is wireless?
This morning, my computer said there was a mistake, and I restored it to yesterday. And since then, it hasn't been able to even look for wireless internet.
It shows the logo for cable-connected internet (which is not available either), and if I choose "connect to a network" that's all it looks for too.
When I say trouble shoot, it just says that, surprise surprise, there is no cable.
If I chose "set up a new connection" it also only suggests broadband.
When I go to "Manage Wireless Networks" it says 'Wireless in not currently enabled' , and shows me no options to enable it, or manage any networks (and I'm at my parents house, and they have 2 wireless networks in the house + I can see plenty other from my moms computer, which I am writing from now)
When I go to Network Connections to try to enable wireless, it only shows me cable-internet.
What to do? It seems my computer has completely forgotten that there is such thing as wirelss!
@ ? I think you may be on to something! On my F12 key, there is also a little wireless logo with a little light, which is red at the moment - I can't remember if it was always red, but it may not have been... How do I turn it on then? Sorry, I'm not very compuer wizzy! :b
@Jamie - I'm looking at my device manager now, but I don't get a whole lot of info from it... There is one called Network adapters, and I told it to scan for hardware changes, and it didn't come back to me with anything, and I went to look at the porportions, and it didn't tell me anything but it's name..
3 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
The driver is missing. This happened to me before. Just do a system restore. There should be a checkpoint when the driver was uninstalled. Just click on that then restore it. It will take hours but the driver will be back.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Check your drivers in device manager. You may be missing or a have a corrupt network driver. You can re-download any driver from the manufacturers website.
It may also be that you network card is bad and needs to be replaced.
- 8 years ago
Make sure the wireless card toggle switch on your keyboard or computer case is set to on.
