Re: Laptop wifi not working

From	felix_unger <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Laptop wifi not working
Date	2015-11-05 13:10 +1100
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On 04-November-2015 1:48 PM, Sandgroper wrote:
> On 03-Nov-15 7:42 AM, felix_unger wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone had any experience with laptop wifi dying? It's an Acer
>> ES1-411 and only three months old and under warranty, but I want to
>> avoid having to send it away if possible. It shipped with win 8.1 and
>> the wifi was working fine, including after I upgraded to w10, then one
>> day it was just dead. but I can connect it with either a usb wifi
>> adapter or with ethernet. I have also updated the driver for the
>> internal wifi to the latest version. one thing to note is that pressing
>> the wifi on/off button does not produce an on/off screen icon like it
>> should. I'm hoping it's just a loose connection, so I will pull it apart
>> to check.
>>
>
> It is a known problem with network/wifi adapeters when upgrading from 
> Win 8.1 to Win 10 ,

ah-ha!

> especially if you have an anti virus program like Avast or  Kaspersky 
> Internet Security installed or a Cisco VPN client installed.

I did install the Kaspersky trial

>
> If you have these above anti virus programs installed , you will need 
> to uninstall them , re-boot the PC and then re-install the program.

I have managed to fix the prob without doing that. (see earlier in the 
thread)

>
>
> Here are some links on how to fix your issue.
>
> http://www.tenforums.com/network-sharing/5906-no-network-adapter-detected.html 
>
>
> http://www.windows10forums.com/threads/windows-10-not-detecting-network-adapters.892/ 
>
>
> https://blog.zubairalexander.com/what-to-do-when-windows-10-fails-to-see-network-adapter-after-the-upgrade/ 
>
>
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3084164
>
>

many thanks


-- 
rgds,

Pete
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