Problem with my friends laptop

[TweedleDum]

Hello,

OK, my friend has a problem with his sony vaio VGN-NR11S laptop. It is a problem with the built in intel wireless unit. There is a switch to turn it on and off at the front of the laptop (with a corresponding LED). When the machine is booted up the LED is on, however, when you log into windows, the LED turns off. I have tried the following things:

• Disable and re-enable the wireless module within the device manager
• Uninstall and re-install the driver (without actually removing the driver from the machine)
• Fiddle with the switch to see if there is a loose connection (i am quite sure that there is no loose connection)
• Uninstall Sony's own wireless connection manager

The laptop is running Vista Home Premium.

If anyone has any suggestions, then that would be nice!

Many thanks...

 

[ns400r]

Somewhere inside the software that comes with the card is an option to turn the wireless off in Windows. He needs to find that option.

Stopping Wireless LAN Communication
To stop wireless LAN communication
1 Click Start, All Programs, and VAIO Control Center.
2 Double-click Network Connections and VAIO Smart Network.
3 Click the button next to the WLAN icon.
! Turning off the wireless LAN functionality while accessing remote documents, files, or resources may result in data loss.