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

[Raquel]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:25:27 -0600
"Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> 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
> 

It was the same here, Karl.  However, when I got wifi working
properly the button serves absolutely no use.  The light in it keeps
changing from orange to blue as data comes and goes, but it does not
turn off nor on.

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Raquel
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