Wifi Off Windows 8
Hi all,Another Wifi issue and before you call me a noob, please! Allow me to address few things.This question has been asked and asked by many HP users but still there aren't any threads with a solved mark on, so here I am again.
Hey geedaigo,I'm sorry you're running into this issue with the WiFi light. Thanks for providing all of those details on the steps you've tried!I went to the link for the wifi button drive you listed on 5. I saw that it is version 1.0.5.1 (11 Sep 2012). There is a laterBefore you install that one though, I would recommend uninstalling the wireless driver you got from Intel's website. It doesn't look like this product has an Intel wireless card (even though it may have an Intel processor) The possible wireless card manufacturers for this product are Ralink, Qualcomm Atheros, or Broadcom.To find out which manufacturer made your wireless card, usually you can look in Device Manager but the Intel driver you got may give you inaccurate information. It might be quicker to just open up the service door on the bottom and read the label on the wireless card.
Hi, Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community Forum. From your description I understand that you have an issue with Windows 8 wifi button, when you turn ON it automatically going to turn OFF.
It is right next to the RAM. Once you know what manufacturer made your wireless card you can choose from the different wireless drivers available on theExpand Driver - Network(7) and look for the items listed that have the word 'wireless' in the title. Choose the one with the same manufacturer name as the label on your wireless card. Once you have the right wireless driver installed, you can update to the latest wireless button driver listed above.I hope this information helps. Let me know the results, if you get a chance.
Wifi Off Windows 8.1
I definitely understand the frustration. It's almost equally as frustrating wanting so badly to fix these persistent issues like this one, but not being able to actually 'lay hands' on the computer. I appreciate your responsiveness and willingness to troubleshoot very much though.The users who mentioned that it did resolve the issue were also dv7-7000 series machines. The users that reported it not working, either didn't list their models or were a different series altogether. So I am hopeful for your situation being that you have a dv7-7000 series.I am collecting all of this data to see if there is a trend somewhere that could be used to provide a helpful solution for everyone (in case there are others out there following this thread).
Wifi Stays Off Windows 8
My HP M6-1184ca laptop recently had a problem where my wifi was disconnected and turned off, and I couldn't figure out how to turn it back on. In the network connection panel, it was showing 'Wi-Fi (Off)'.The HP wifi on/off indicator was showing amber (off), and pressing the FN-F12 combination wasn't turning it back on. Toggling Windows 8 airplane mode on and off also failed to fix the problem, as did running Windows troubleshooting on the internet connection and network adapter. All drivers were up to date.The solution was to go to the Windows 8 Charms menu, choose Settings, then pick Change PC Settings at the bottom. Within the Windows 8 PC Settings app (.not.
Control Panel) I was able to select Wireless, and saw three toggles: Airplane Mode, Wi-fi, and Bluetooth. Airplane Mode was turned off, but Wi-Fi was also turned off. Toggling Wi-Fi back on in the PC Settings app fixed the problem.I'm not sure how this would have become toggled to off.
If I discover a way it may be inadvertently toggled off by mistake, I'll update this article.