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Re: Windows 8 and wifi
From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:01:09 -0800
What is this "Windows 8" you speak of? - ferg On 1/23/2014 4:50 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
Discovered today that, once you turn wifi off on a Windows 8 (or 8.1) machine, it is almost impossible to turn it back on. For example, on a laptop with a wifi toggle key (toggling the key off to save power or stop broadcasting on a plane), toggling the key back on doesn't necessarily re-enble the wireless network In fact, initially I couldn't even remember how I eventually did it. (And Windows Help was, as usual, no help.) (And, yes, I know that Win8 has an "airplane mode" setting, but that isn't immediately accessible all the time.) Finally found that if you go to "Network and Sharing Center," then choose "Change adapter settings," then the "Wi-fi" will show up, and if you right/information/context menu-click on the *icon* (not the box), then you can get to re-enable wifi.
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- Windows 8 and wifi Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi Paul Ferguson (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi Richard Golodner (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi Paul Ferguson (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi Jeffrey Walton (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi Paul Ferguson (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi Richard Golodner (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi Paul Ferguson (Jan 23)
- Re: Windows 8 and wifi RL Vaughn (Jan 23)