[Technical] RE: Ienovo R61 and home wireless connections

[Jim Maunder]

A couple of things I've learnt about Vista and laptops over the last 
year or so:
(we use Toshiba, not IBM so maybe not quite the same)

1. The power scheme does funny things - eg the 'power saver' setting 
turns off the DVD and maybe the wireless.
2. To get recalcitrant wireless working, go into 'network and sharing 
centre', then 'Manage network connections', then disable and enable 
the wireless connection - it should then detect wireless networks.
3. User Access Control (UAC) is a pain.

rgds
Jim


At 10:15 AM 05/08/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Wayne,
>
>No problems with my wife's R61 at the weekend ... our router is a
>Linksys WRT54G
>
>Cheers,
>Clarky
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>On Behalf Of Wayne Hewett
>Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2008 7:47 AM
>To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
>Subject: Ienovo R61 and home wireless connections
>
>
>Greetings all
>
>My wife brought home her new R61. We've had immediate issues connecting
>to our home wireless router. Something which did not occur with her old
>R52. Has anyone else had problems?
>
>Wayne Hewett
>
>.....


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