Wifi Stopped Working on older PC Running XP
I have an older Toshiba Satellite series laptop, running XP Home, which I like to "play around with". For some reason I can't get the Wi-Fi to work. When I check the status of the connection it shows ...
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When that happened to DW, I re-installed drivers. I turned the WIFI off then back on in DEVICE MANAGER. I finally bought a new WIFI card, opened up her laptop and installed the new card. Nothing helped.
Then, I noticed one of her computer keys had a little "beaming antenna" symbol on it. I though "hmmmmm." I held FN and hit that key, and VOILA, her WIFI started working again.
At some point she had accidentally hit FN and that key.
She does stuff like that. I occassionally see her status bar on the side of the screen, or on the top. Or, the whole screen displayed upside down, or sideways. She never knows how she does it. I have learned how to fix it though.
Her laptop went from b/g to b/g/n capability though. Sigh.
Then, I noticed one of her computer keys had a little "beaming antenna" symbol on it. I though "hmmmmm." I held FN and hit that key, and VOILA, her WIFI started working again.
At some point she had accidentally hit FN and that key.
She does stuff like that. I occassionally see her status bar on the side of the screen, or on the top. Or, the whole screen displayed upside down, or sideways. She never knows how she does it. I have learned how to fix it though.
Her laptop went from b/g to b/g/n capability though. Sigh.
