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I can’t turn wifi on in Win10
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Topic Resolution: ResolvedTagged: wifi turned off
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December 2, 2019 at 12:43 pm #2013755
Acka
AskWoody PlusI bought a 2nd hand ASUS laptop with Windows 10 Pro installed on an SSD. I then connected to my network at home and downloaded some useful software with the intent of giving it away in Uganda.
Now I am in Uganda and I find that the wifi won’t turn on. In settings wifi, i slide the wifi to on then go and check for available networks. The little box that pops at the bottom right of the screen tells me wifi is still turned off and clicking on the wifi settings icon next to the flight mode icon doesn’t seem to have any useful effect.
I can’t give it away if the wifi is not working. I can’t believe I am the first with this problem but I cannot see any relevant topics.
Any ideas? I have changed the power management settings so that the laptop can’t turn wifi off to save power. This didn’t help get my wifi back on.
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December 2, 2019 at 1:16 pm #2013780
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December 2, 2019 at 1:28 pm #2013784
Alex5723
AskWoody PlusI then connected to my network at home and downloaded some useful software
Connected using Lan or wi-fi ?
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December 2, 2019 at 8:43 pm #2013935
Acka
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December 3, 2019 at 8:03 am #2014084
Rick Corbett
AskWoody_MVPIn settings wifi, i slide the wifi to on then go and check for available networks. The little box that pops at the bottom right of the screen tells me wifi is still turned off and clicking on the wifi settings icon next to the flight mode icon doesn’t seem to have any useful effect.
Check the wireless switch on the right-hand side hasn’t been moved to the OFF position by sliding out of laptop case.
From the ASUS N53S manual:
I’ve had this happen several times with similar laptops.
Hope this helps…
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December 3, 2019 at 9:55 am #2014113
Acka
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December 3, 2019 at 1:42 pm #2014216
ScotchJohn
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December 3, 2019 at 9:01 pm #2014416
Rick Corbett
AskWoody_MVPBeen there, done that, it’s so humiliating when someone points it out, as Rick and Paul did!
It’s just one of those (many, many) things that I’ve learned from prior experience, including a 160-mile round trip to fix something that I now know happens frequently. You just have to learn to laugh about it, even though ‘experience’ sometimes comes at a cost. 🙂
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December 4, 2019 at 4:23 am #2014540
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