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Lathum
05-21-2007, 08:51 PM
For some reason all of a sudden my laptop has no wireless connection. It is as if the wireless card does not exist. I can't search for available networks, etc...

I know my internet service is working because my desktop is fine. Any reason why this could be happening. Gueses?
DaddyTorgo
05-21-2007, 08:56 PM
did you flick the little switch? I know my latest laptop has a little...wireless on/off switch on front and sometimes my jeans rub it and it shuts off...
cthomer5000
05-21-2007, 08:57 PM
sometimes my jeans rub it and it shuts off...

I usually get the opposite reaction.
DaddyTorgo
05-21-2007, 09:06 PM
I usually get the opposite reaction.

haha
Lathum
05-21-2007, 09:07 PM
did you flick the little switch? I know my latest laptop has a little...wireless on/off switch on front and sometimes my jeans rub it and it shuts off...

several times
DaddyTorgo
05-21-2007, 09:09 PM
several times

irq problem? have you gone into device manager and checked it out and done all the standard stuff I assume?
Lathum
05-21-2007, 09:24 PM
irq problem? have you gone into device manager and checked it out and done all the standard stuff I assume?

not really, not sure what to do and I don't wana screw anything up
DaddyTorgo
05-21-2007, 09:27 PM
not really, not sure what to do and I don't wana screw anything up

check device manager. Make sure it's all functioning properly. Hell, you might even deactivate it and then reactivate it through device manager to see if that fixes it...
Lathum
05-21-2007, 09:27 PM
I got this message when I restarted


the application or DLL c:\windows\system32\SYMREDIR.DLL is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your instilation diskette
DaddyTorgo
05-21-2007, 09:30 PM
I got this message when I restarted


the application or DLL c:\windows\system32\SYMREDIR.DLL is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your instilation diskette

hmmm

try googling that error message or searching it in the MS WinBlowz Knowledge Database...


here's the file, see if that fixes it

http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files.php/dllfiles/S/SymRedir.dll/download.html
Lathum
05-21-2007, 10:17 PM
When I go to internet connections the place where I can usually search for a wireless network in range isn't there.
DaddyTorgo
05-21-2007, 10:42 PM
i'm stumped. But i'm no computer-guru.
saldana
05-22-2007, 06:13 AM
is there a function button on your keyboard to disable and enable radio?

if i hit function + F2, it turns off the wireless card, regardless of any other settings, and it stays that way even after i reboot.

didnt you go to a computer school?