Hello,
I just recently put a new power jack in my laptop.
Everything worked fine except for now my wireless does not work.
I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop. I keep getting an error that says the radio is disabled.
I try to enable it and it does not save the setting. It reverts back to disabled.
The FN - F2 keys do not turn the wireless on. It does nothing.
The wireless switch on the side seems to be very loose and the LED does not light up.
I've went into the wireless utility to enable it and I still get the error that says it is disabled.
It is recognized in my device manager and it says it is working properly.
I'm game for taking the whole thing apart again....I just don't know what to do from this point.
Any guesses would be great.
I don't have the money to send it back to Dell and, of course, the warranty has expired.
Thanks,
Kimberly
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For the Sony Vaio problems connecting to the wireless network look for the Sony utility "Vaio Smart Network" If you can get that to run and provide you with a little control panel with three icons for wireless, wired, and phone - you tick the checkbox on the wireless and your little LED for the wireless card will light up and you are back in business.
I have exactly the same problem with my Sony Vaio and I have no idea to fix it. Sorry but what do you mean by entering the keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionÂÂ\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ÂÂRun
Can you please, please send me the details on how to do this?
hey I have a sony vaio and just wondering if you were able to fix the problem with the sony vaio wireless lan switch. it works when I turn my laptop on, but doesnot work after I take it out of sleep? can you help
Hey! I had the same problem for a while, but then magically I had an epiphany after searching for 40000 hours on how to fix the LAN switch. On the bottom right hand side of the screen there is a green and purple arrow facing opposite directions, double click it. (It's hard to remember everything) I think it will bring up a picture with a bunch of boxes on the left side, click the wireless network one. TA-DAAAAAA!!! If you can figure out how to connect my Vaio (with Windows Vista) to a nonbroadcasting wireless network with WEP security (i have all the codes) I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER
I am seriously so happy I ready your post, my wlan switch was doing the error as well where it was on but it said it was off, my family and I tried everything we could think of but nothing worked, and we where planning to take it back in to be fixed, but not thanks to you we do not!! Thankyou!! Thankyou!!
Sorry I can't help you with your problem, but THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this post. I am NOT very computer savvy and I was in tears trying to figure out what to do to fix my laptop. Almost ready to take my daughter's laptop.....so from the bottom of my heart and hers, we thank you.
I cannot thank you enough. I just love you forever. I had a wireless switch problem (kept turning off wireless) and went to a big name computer store this morning to get help. They said I should pay $99 for checkup/repairs, etc. I refused that. I ended up buying a wireless adapter with extended warranty = $80. I have it right here in the box. I decided to google my problem BEFORE OPENING IT and found your answer. IT WORKED AND I LOVE YOU FOREVER.
THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS A MILLION. I am returning to the store to get my $80 credit.
Man with a Plan you are my hero!! I could not figure out how to do this and was about to storm down best buy and demand a new computer but now it's working better than ever!
You are a genius .. this fixed my problem when I upgraded my Windows Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit evaluation version. I also installed the Intel proWireless drivers for 64bit Windows 7. I had installed a Wireless Braodband Modem recently - Motorola iDen phone. It appears that caused the problems.
Thank you very much.
Thank-you for having posted this.
You saved me from the hassle of figuring out how
to install xp in my sony vaio vgn-nr385e with vista
home premium (it would not see my usb-floppy so
I could install sata drivers: (). I have the intel
3945abg wireless and sometime ago during an
update, something went wrong. Everytime I logged
into my laptop, I noticed that the wlan led next to
the on/off switch would go off leaving me with no
internet connection. Tried installing latest drivers
but to no avail. To quick fix I had to uninstall the
wireless card from device manager and reboot.
This would rediscover the card at boot, reinstall
drivers and would work again. For as long as the
laptop stayed on, I woul have internet connection,
but the moment it went to skeep, or to reboot to
install updates, the connection would be lost again
(drove me crazy.)
Anyhow, to make short :) I did what you suggested
Noticed that sony had an entry for automatic lan
manager under the first key you mentioned and I
removed. I followed up with a reboot and bingo, my
lan led stayed on and has been on after several
reboots. Thanyou very much for your assistance ;-)
Great.... thank you, I solved my problem with a Toshiba, the toshiba lan manager software (Configfree) was disabling my wireless card every time I started the laptop. I uninstall it and now it works.
thanks
when I fixed mine. I renamed it to "switcher.exe.old and it worked after rebooting. **NOTE: I had previously reset the BIOS settings to factory defaults. Had seen another post online that seemed to work for quite a few ppl. Good luck. (I have a Sony Vaio).
My Vaio showed the wireless light on startup and at the logon screen but as soon as I logged in as a user, the light would go out and it would say the wirless wasnt turned on even though the switch was on and the drivers were saying it was enabled and running.
Googled this up and thank god I found it. Didn't find anything in the first key but did find an entry for each user under the second one for Sony's own network utility. this has always worked before but recently there must have been a microsoft update that is now causing a conflict between Vista's network utility and Sony's.
I removed the key from each user, then managed to find Sony's utility and uninstalled it. I now have my wireless connection back and the other half is pleased she now has her bloody "Facebook" back!!! ;-p
Hey how do you check for those keys? I'm having the same problem with my Sony Vaio. but even when I turn it it on it does not work. I thought maybe because I dropped it or something but now I don't think it's the case. I think an update screwed everything up! Email me at Jenavarr@gmail.com if you would be so kind to help .
Could someone explain the whole keys thing to me as well please because I don't know how to do all of this. Also I do not have the icon with the two arrows either. I could really do with help please and thank you!
There are many reasons a wireless radio will stop functioning. First and foremost check to ensure your wireless radio switch is turned "on"
If this is the case then ensure you have wireless network drivers installed. (right click my computer, properties, hardware, hardware manager, network adapters)
If it appears to be installed correctly, Try this, Start > Run > type in
services.msc
scroll down the list for "Wireless Zero Configuration" right click, check properties, in the startup ensure it says "automatic" then simply click on "start" Once it's started, right click on your wireless connection icon, select "view available wireless connections" (should still be blank) click on "change advanced settings" then "wireless network" tab and ensure the check box that says "Use windows to configure my wireless settings" is checked...
Apply and OK all and then refresh your wireless network list.
I have a latitude z. The solution was -but simple- yet it took a long time to figure out.
There is a small switch that controls the wireless on the left hand side of the computer close to the screen. Battery life is improved if the wireless is turned off, but then the wireless doesn't work. Duh.
I had the same problem with my new Sony Vaio - was working online with my laptop in my lap, got up to get a drink, and found myself logged off. Could not find the wireless switch. The trouble shooting guide does NOT tell you where Sony engineers decided to hide your switch. It is located two inches to the left of the audio jack in the front, under the keyboard. It has the word "wireless" next to the indicator light in the front but it doesn't tell you where the switch is located. A simple arrow pointing below would be a brilliant idea that Sony engineers could not produce in their brains. You have to look underneath the laptop, lift it up and then you'll see the switch. When you hold the laptop against your body, it's actually very easy to turn the switch off without knowing what happened and then you scratch your head because you lost the wireless connection. Another sloppy Sony design, that makes the customer feel stupid for not finding the switch.
omg u just saved my night. I know NOTHING about computers therefore didnt know what the hell they meant by using the hardware switch. I thought it was something in the computer I had to find. I was ready to pull out my hair not being able to find it in the computer somewhere. thank you thank you thank you!!! xoxoxoxo
I have a Vaio 38E, after last windows update I had a problem with WIFI as follows:-
Switch was on, Light was off!!
Diagnosis = no problems yet still no internet...
Initial fix was to go into the sony vaio smart network and turn off the wifi then turn on again...
(either use wifi switch off then on, or double click the two arrows on bottom right of screen, then go into wifi/wireless LAN, then settings turn off apply, then on then apply).
this works but gets annoying as you have to do it everytime you shut laptop or turn off.....
Looked for hours searched all over the place, was getting really p**ed off... then I found it..... after looking at it at least 100 times previously....
There is a check box to start the Sony Vaio Smart Network on startup...
(in the same place I was using to turn off and on the wifi !!!! see above)
deselect this option... and hey presto it works..
If you need it it can still be found in the programme menu....
Much easier than deleting registry files.... and reinstalling wifi....
I have an HP. click start, then programs, then network and internet.
click hp wireless assistant. click on properties. check box for independent controls for wireless devices and click apply. click turn on. This should turn on your wireless connection.
I had the same problem with my dell laptop my wireless stopped working try this it worked for me.
No need to send your laptop back to dell company,if you Have a Ebay account copy and paste this link ----> D-Link DWL-G650 108mbps PCMCIA Wireless Network Card.
It's $19.00 brand new on Ebay insert the Dlink card into your dell laptop on the side set it and you will get wireless connection working,that is the only info I can give you good luck julie.
Had same problem on wifes Sony Vaio since yesterday. Despite wireless being turned on --got message "not turned on" did a restore back to 3-25 (the last time windows did update) and works fine again.
For those that have a problem with the switch turned on and NOT having the LED light on, as well, I found a solution from another forum. This site happens to be the first site when "GOOGLED" and I thought I'd put this here.
Anyone having issues with the wireless switch / button etc not enabling their wireless, first check that the device is not disabled in BIOS. To check this, press F10 (or whatever it says on the first boot up screen when you power on your laptop) to enter System (or Computer) Set Up. Navigating around there you'll find a section called devices or something like that. Make sure the wireless card is not set to disabled.
If the card is disabled in BIOS then no amount of jiggery-pokery in the registry etc will work!
My HP laptop wireless switch wasn't working, and eventually I got it working again by the following:
write down or back up all your BIOS settings
remove external power and battery
(most important!) remove BIOS backup battery (a small watch-type cell, mine is next to the hard drive)
after 30 seconds or so, replace all batteries and power up
BIOS will give you a error of some kind (Check-sum for example) when you boot,
go into BIOS setup and reenter your date and time and any other data. Mine only needs date and time
but in case yours is different, be sure to write down your settings beforehand.
Thank you so much (not that any of you should be looking at this thread anymore) for over a month I thought I had a broken wireless switch, and have been using a wireless USB and unloading and reloading drivers, etc, etc. , but Kimberly here reminded me to try the FN - F2 key - duh.
My husband manages to disable his wireless by pressing shift and F2 at the same time. The solution for him is to use the Windows key +F2. Hope this helps.
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