On Vista turning off Wifi, was: Don't buy HP computers

[Karl F. Larsen]

Raquel wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:25:27 -0600
> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Raquel wrote:
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>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:47:17 -0600
>>> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> M. Fioretti wrote:
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>>>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 05:44:34 AM -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>>>>> A problem occurred that kept WiFi from working. The problem is
>>>>>> that the wifi hardware is turned off by Vista when you stop it.
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>>>>> Karl, and all list members,
>>>>>
>>>>> there is one thing here which I would like to understand: are we
>>>>> 100% sure that the behavior above is something that Vista always
>>>>> does by default, that is a deliberate design decision by
>>>>> Microsoft designers? Or is it something that, for any reason,
>>>>> only happens on your own laptop, or only on all HP laptops,
>>>>> etc..? 
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>>>>     In my laptop the Vista is given a driver software that
>>>> controls the WiFi hardware. I know this now. HP did not tell
>>>> me... :-)
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
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>>> But Vista has absolutely no control over what happens in Linux.
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>>     I have d/l all manuals on my laptop by HP and it is clear that
>> this model has a control on WiFi within Vista and no where else. It
>> is a driver HP added to Vista. There are no key combinations that
>> turn WiFi on or off.
>>
>> Karl
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>>     
>
> It was the same here, Karl.  However, when I got wifi working
> properly the button serves absolutely no use.  The light in it keeps
> changing from orange to blue as data comes and goes, but it does not
> turn off nor on.
>
>   
    My button serves no purpose and gives the wrong info. It stays red 
even now while my new good re-load of Jaunty is getting 230 updates at 
159 kB/s.

Karl


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