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Answer» HP pavilion a420n desktop doesnt even see the wireless USB adapter that I plug into the slot. I have plugged the wireless adapter into all the slots, but it isnt recognized, that is there no ding noise that you normally get. I plugged the same adapter into a different computer and it is recognized and the search for driver dialog box comes up. I need to connect to the internet to download some utilities to clean up the computer. Connecting it with a wire is not an option as the place Im in only lets me put a router far away which I cant get to Is there a driver that comes with it that needs to be installed?there is, and I put the disk in, and the PROGRAM is installed. But when I run it, it says 'plug in the adapter and then click continue' but even after I plug in the adapter, it still USB adapter not detected Funny thing is earlier when I booted into safemode and plugged in the adapter, it was recognized. Now that Im in normal windows mode, the usb adapter is not recognized what is going on Look in device manager - any yellow exclamation marks?i WENT to device manager but there is nothing there. There arent any devices or anything else listed, its just blank. This is weird, the CD drives work but they arent even listed. Neither is the HD, or anything else. What to do? Will the recovery partition help me , and if so how do I use it, I dont have any disks. Go to control panel - administrative tools - services - and set the Plug and Play service to automatic. Reboot. Now check device manager and also check the usb ports - they probably work fine now.did that but that didnt solve the problem, it said the required service was not installed. But I fixed it now, got the info from http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-xp-tips/device-manager-empty-or-blank/ its good to have people to talk to on this forum otherwise i would have ended trying to reinstall the whole OS and lose all my data thanks We would have gotten there next, but I'm glad you got it up and running well , actually its up in dedvice manager now and everything and the drivers have been loaded but its not picking up the wireless signal. This computer which is right next to it, is picing it up perfectly. Whats up with that Also when I go to Network connections I dont see an icon for the adapter Re-install the driver for the wireless adapter ...re-boot and then check Wireless Network Setup Wizard...okay i did that but without having an adaptor present in network connections, how will wireless setup help me? The adapter shows up in the device manager and is enabled, but it wont show up in the network connections listing. Anyway I went through the STEPS, but what then, I still dont have internet connectivity What else can I try The setup wizard will locate all local signals...okay i did do the wireless network setup, but still no connectivity. The thing is , when I boot up, I get the bubble on the lower right that says 'Wireless networks detected....', but when I click on the bubble, I get the message 'No wireless networks in range' And on another note, what is wireless zero configuration, and do I need to enable that or not if given the option? Will loading the wireless network driver from HP via a USB make this wireless thing work? |
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