Laptop Vista wifi fix

[Karl F. Larsen]

James Takac wrote:
> Hi Karl
> 
> On Wednesday 16 September 2009 04:49:22 Karl Larsen wrote:
>> 	If you own a laptop made in the past year or so by Hewlett Packard, and
>> want to put Ubuntu on this computer there is a major problem. HP has
>> written software that controls the wifi hardware, turning it on when
>> booting up, and off when booting down. This is the software called:
>>
>> 		C:\Program Files\Hewlett Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\HPWAMain.EXE
>>
>> 	You can disable this software by not starting it. You turn off the
>> starting by finding Control Panel >> Administration Tools >> System
>> Config, and then click on Startup. At the end of the list is a line that
>> begins HP Wireless ... and the little square in front of this has a
>> check mark in it. Click on the check mark and it will go away.
>>
>> 	Since your on Vista you have wifi. Reboot to your Ubuntu and you will
>> see wifi now works on your Ubuntu! I have been back to Vista many times
>> today and it seems to normal. It gets wifi and a whole lot of updates. I
>> don't have Vista up much.
>>
>> 73 Karl
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>> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>> 	Linux User
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> 
> 
> Didn't see a prev post with same title (may have missed it) so not sure if 
> you're refering to me or another wireless thread a saw earlier as well. 
> Mine's an ASUS system so it don't help me. Then again may not have been aimed 
> at me. However I started to look to see if there's something similar on the 
> ASUS laptop. Nothing seen there
> 
> James
> 
	I do not know if the ASUS Vista turns the wifi hardware on and off. It 
does so on HP laptops of the past year or 2.



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