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

[Karl F. Larsen]

Raquel wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:47:17 -0600
> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> M. Fioretti wrote:
>>     
>>> 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.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> 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..?
>>>   
>>>       
>>     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
>>
>>     
>
> But Vista has absolutely no control over what happens in Linux.
>
>   
    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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