fatcat Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 For what seems no apparent reason, my Sony Vaio laptop disconnected from the internet with a dialogue box saying 'turn on the wireless capability'. Despite a search on how to turn this on I'm flummoxed. There is no switch on the front or sides. No F key that has an a radio aerial on it. The Vaio Smart Network folder has a switch to turn it on, but that is disabled !!!!!!!! The model is a Sony Vaio PCG-7184M Getting mighty pissed off...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) I've no real idea if the Vaio Smart Network on the Taskbar says it disabled, but what you could do is go to into device manager and delete the wireless card, refresh the view to reinstall it and/or restart to see if it reinstalls. Edited April 20, 2014 by Andy_Bangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted April 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Cheers, will try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Do what Daddy Pig does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lussac Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 My Sony Vaio PCG-7M1M has a tiny slider switch for the wireless on the front right bottom edge which I accidentally switched off once and it took days to work out what had happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I had that somewhat embarrassing situation on one of my old Vaio's too. Took me ages to find it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Now fixed, what a bl00dy ballsache that turned into. It was a conflict between the Sony Smart Network and the Windows 7 equivalent, no idea what kicked it off but now resolved. Why do manufacturers make things soooooooooooo difficult when there is no need to. Keep it fecking simple FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Bugger, I was eyeing up a visit and roast dinner by Mrs FC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Always welcome young Graham. I can terrify you both on the river as well as in a car now !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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