I was burning DVD's and went to turn the WLAN off (HP Pavilion ZV6270US laptop), and did it by right clicking something(?) and disabling, instead of USING the button(I was tired and watching TV and not paying attention). Now I can't enable the WLAN. I have checked the BIOS, device manager, uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers from the disk, tried all the wizards and helps that I could find, but no luck. Everything tells me that it is installed and working properly, but the hp wireless assistant and network connections still say disabled. When I press the keyboard button it goes from disabled to off and back to disabled when pressed again. Any ideas short of reformatting? (XP Home)Check and see if the laptop has a physical switch for the WLAN.
Do you have a wireless icon in the System tray? try right clicking from there
Also, try network properties in control panel.
Try going into Control Panel, admin tools, services and make sure that wireless SERVICE are enabled, and look for hp wireless assistant to be enabled. Good luckYes, that is the keyboard button I mentioned. The HP Wireless Assistant icon is there but says disabled and when I right click there is nothing there to enable it, it just gives the status as disabled. All my attempts at repairing, reinstalling, or starting fail. I even tried to use a linksys usb adaptor and it was disabled and wouldn't work either. My router and internet connection was and still is working(including Wireless) just not with my laptop. I'm writting this on my laptop with an ethernet connection.In Network properties, Right click on the wireless adapter, and choose properties. Click the wireless tab. click on "use WINDOWS to configure this connection" (Or something like that, I'm typing this from my mac, so I can't check) and then try again. Also, the switch I am refering to is an actual switch, with on off positions. I chased a similar problem around on mother in laws HP, only to find a switch below the touch pad. I don't think it would effect the USB, though.
Windows says that it is enabled and working but no network available. The switch, like I said, just turns it off and when you press it again to turn it on it says disabled. The router is working. I have wireless on one of my desktop and also my iphone uses it ok. The laptop had been using wireless ok before I disabled it somehow. I have checked everything several times but no luck. I think I am looking at REFORMATING and starting fresh. My harddrive is partitioned so I dont have to reinstall much besides windows, its just time consuming. (I did try restore but it didn't fix it)have you tried right-clicking on the network icon on the taskbar, and selecting "view available wireless networks"- seems you unset a default so it doesn't automatically connect.Yes, it says no networks available. I have checked everywhere and everything that I know. I finally got tired of messing with it and reformatted "C" and did a clean install of XP. After I installed the drivers from the HP disk, the WLAN came on for about ten seconds and then went to disabled. I am really puzzled now because the only programs that I have installed on the other partions are genealogy programs, nothing that would change or interfer with drive C. Just a reminder, my router is working OK, and I even reset it back to default. Anybody have a clue?What is the Model Number of that HP Laptop?HP zv6270us. I have been to HP's online help twice. So far all they have had me do is reinstall drivers, which were all installed and upto date, including BIOS, before. I am at a loss! I hate to have to take it into a shop for repair, I've always built and fixed them myself, but I'm stuck!This idea is awfully far fetched, but worth a thought. I had a similar issue with a Symbol scanner, running windows mobile. Look at your wireless properties, and check to make sure that your set to use US wireless, not anywhere else (including "anywhere". I can't imagine it being an issue on a laptop, but I didn't think it was my problem on the scanner either, so give it a shot.I didn't find anything. I've been through everything I think. It is enabled and working except where it counts, at the WLAN itself. It wont enable and says no networks available. The BIOS has the WLAN enabled and I did a complete format and clean install of XP, so I don't have any idea what would be left to control it. HP techs (3) couldn't help me either. Any more ideas?