No wifi....help.

posiview · 10 Mar 2014

Hi, for some reason I can't assess wifi on my laptop (Acer) running Windows 8. I've never had an issue before.

I can assess wifi on iPad and wife's laptop.

I've gone through several online 'how to' tutorial without luck.

Main issue is when I access the wifi option on the screen, the wifi 'switch' can't be flipped. The flight mode switch can be used.

This is the switch I mean linky

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers.

neil_g · 10 Mar 2014

So no wifi networks show up at all or is it a specific network you cannot connect to?

posiview · 10 Mar 2014

Hi, it says 'not connected - no connections are available'.

Cheers.

neil_g · 11 Mar 2014

Is there an actual switch on the laptop to turn the wireless off? Sometimes it's a key combination, do any of the F keys have a wireless symbol on?

posiview · 11 Mar 2014

neil_g said:
Is there an actual switch on the laptop to turn the wireless off? Sometimes it's a key combination, do any of the F keys have a wireless symbol on?

Hi, no wifi switch and no F key symbol for wifi...

Cheers.

Mikesphotaes · 11 Mar 2014

Fn + F3 seems worth a try.

posiview · 11 Mar 2014

Mikesphotaes said:
Fn + F3 seems worth a try.

Didn't work

kendo1 · 11 Mar 2014

Mine is F2, but on my daughter's laptop there is a push button switch on the side.

Buck · 12 Mar 2014

Andy

Which specific Asus laptop is it?

posiview · 13 Mar 2014

Tried all the Fn but nowt.

It's an acer something. I'll look tonight.

Cheers.

posiview · 14 Mar 2014

Well. I've bought an Ethernet cable.

Not sure what's happened, virus maybe, but I've lost loads if software, including Photoshop and Lightroom and I've no idea where the software is. Ggrrrr.

Thanks for the help

landwomble · 14 Mar 2014

Mouse to bottom right corner, settings, check airplane mode isn't on as that might explain WiFi not working. For aoos vanishing? Weird. Perhaps you've just unpinned the shortcut from the start screen? Press windows key to jump to start screen and type "light"... And see if lightroom appears.
If it does you may just need to pin the shortcut back. On 8.1, swipe up from start screen for a list of all installed apps, right click to pin to start?