Well, already I need help with Win 7

[Guest]

Setting up a new Dell Win 7 - 64bit laptop (nice machine!)
Can't get it to find my wireless router. I have a strong signal
dual channel router -- old xp machine 3 ft awaw has always had
a strong signal) .,
I haven't found on Win 7 a "wireless connection" thing. A
From control panel --search for connections thiug always tells
me the Usenet cable is disconnected . How to get it to find wireless
connections?

 

[Mário Ribeiros]

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Setting up a new Dell Win 7 - 64bit laptop (nice machine!)
Can't get it to find my wireless router. I have a strong signal
dual channel router -- old xp machine 3 ft awaw has always had
a strong signal) .,
I haven't found on Win 7 a "wireless connection" thing. A
From control panel --search for connections thiug always tells
me the Usenet cable is disconnected . How to get it to find wireless
connections?


- Open Network and Sharing Center, on left side choose the option.

 

[Guest]

escreveu na mensagem Setting up a new Dell Win 7 - 64bit laptop (nice machine!)
Can't get it to find my wireless router. I have a strong signal
dual channel router -- old xp machine 3 ft awaw has always had
a strong signal) .,
I haven't found on Win 7 a "wireless connection" thing. A
From control panel --search for connections thiug always tells
me the Usenet cable is disconnected . How to get it to find wireless
connections?


- Open Network and Sharing Center, on left side choose the option.
Well I did that (I did that before) and click "connect to the Internet"

I get a "NO Connections are Available" --yet I'm 30 ft from a very good
dual channel router which I'm now using on this machine -- 3 ft away from
the one with trouble)

 

[Juan Wei]

(e-mail address removed) has written on 9/12/2013 12:12 PM:

Well I did that (I did that before) and click "connect to the Internet"
I get a "NO Connections are Available" --yet I'm 30 ft from a very good
dual channel router which I'm now using on this machine -- 3 ft away from
the one with trouble)

Look at the system tray. Do you see an icon that looks a little like the
bars on your cell phone, with perhaps something superimposed?
Click/Doubleclick/Rightclick until a menu pops.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Setting up a new Dell Win 7 - 64bit laptop (nice machine!)
Can't get it to find my wireless router. I have a strong signal
dual channel router -- old xp machine 3 ft awaw has always had
a strong signal) .,
I haven't found on Win 7 a "wireless connection" thing. A
From control panel --search for connections thiug always tells
me the Usenet cable is disconnected . How to get it to find wireless
connections?

Do you have a wireless card in your computer? Is it enabled and turned
on?

 

[Don Phillipson]

I get a "NO Connections are Available" --yet I'm 30 ft from a very good
dual channel router which I'm now using on this machine -- 3 ft away from
the one with trouble)

Next look for a hot button for "Troubleshooting." Win 7 is designed to
be self-repairing in this respect, viz. checks whether the motherboard
wireless
sensor is toggled on or off.

When starting with Win 7 (substantially different from XP) I found the
Dummies manual very helpful (for problems like this.)

 

[Guest]

(e-mail address removed) has written on 9/12/2013 12:12 PM:

Look at the system tray. Do you see an icon that looks a little like the
bars on your cell phone, with perhaps something superimposed?
Click/Doubleclick/Rightclick until a menu pops.

Been there done that--- every option leads me to a diagnocosis that
the ethernet cable is unplugged. It somehow doesn't find the router
(or even think about wireless) When I try wire;less options I get
a notice that none are available -- which is nonsense -- 2 are available
- a secure one and a "guest": one.

 

[Guest]

Do you have a wireless card in your computer? Is it enabled and turned
on?

Well I certainly hope so --it's a pricey Dell Laptop -- new just
off the shelf. If not then what???

 

[Guest]

Well I certainly hope so --it's a pricey Dell Laptop -- new just
off the shelf. If not then what???

Just checked with DELL. Yes I have a wireless card (#1504- whatever
that means). I'll call their wireless help number to find out what to do.
Thanks.

 

[Paul]

Do you have a wireless card in your computer? Is it enabled and turned
on?

Well I certainly hope so --it's a pricey Dell Laptop -- new just
off the shelf. If not then what???

Laptops usually include a mechanism to turn off the radio portion.
And that'll stop the Wifi dead in its tracks.

I had to consult the manual for my laptop, to find the control
for mine, and don't even remember what the solution was. I don't
have Wifi here, which is why it's turned off on the laptop. Not needed.

Paul

 

[Guest]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:42:42 -0500, (e-mail address removed) wrote:

Setting up a new Dell Win 7 - 64bit laptop (nice machine!)
Can't get it to find my wireless router. I have a strong signal
dual channel router -- old xp machine 3 ft awaw has always had
a strong signal) .,
I haven't found on Win 7 a "wireless connection" thing. A
From control panel --search for connections thiug always tells
me the Usenet cable is disconnected . How to get it to find wireless
connections?
Do you have a wireless card in your computer? Is it enabled and turned
on?

Well I certainly hope so --it's a pricey Dell Laptop -- new just
off the shelf. If not then what???

Laptops usually include a mechanism to turn off the radio portion.
And that'll stop the Wifi dead in its tracks.

I had to consult the manual for my laptop, to find the control
for mine, and don't even remember what the solution was. I don't
have Wifi here, which is why it's turned off on the laptop. Not needed.

Paul

well my "manual" is 2 81/2x11 sheets folded --and is the "manual"
for two models. All it really has is a picture showing where all the
buttons and connectors are.

 

[Wildman]

well my "manual" is 2 81/2x11 sheets folded --and is the "manual"
for two models. All it really has is a picture showing where all the
buttons and connectors are.

http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/19/ShowProductSelector

 

[Rodney Pont]

Been there done that--- every option leads me to a diagnocosis that
the ethernet cable is unplugged. It somehow doesn't find the router
(or even think about wireless) When I try wire;less options I get
a notice that none are available -- which is nonsense -- 2 are available
- a secure one and a "guest": one.

Is there a button with a symbol of an aerial on it? Some laptops I've
seen have one separate to the keys that allows you to switch off the
wi-fi, some others have it on one of the function keys in blue and you
need to press the fn key as well as it. Some have a light near the
aerial symbol to tell you when wi-fi is on.

It should be listed in the manual but maybe the one on the system, in
Start, All Programmes, Dell maybe?

 

[Dave]

well my "manual" is 2 81/2x11 sheets folded --and is the "manual"
for two models. All it really has is a picture showing where all the
buttons and connectors are.

If it's a new machine, call tech. support. Wireless is turned off, else
you should see those bars. My Dell connected immediately all I had to do
was supply the WPA key. While I've had a fair amount of experience with
computers, none up to that point with home networking and I was pleasantly
surprised at how easy it was.

Not so easy was file sharing between xp and windows 7, but when I upgraded
the desktop machine with a new windows 7 machine. With both machines
running windows 7 again file sharing between the two is a snap.

 

[The Other Guy]

Laptops usually include a mechanism to turn off the radio portion.
And that'll stop the Wifi dead in its tracks.

I had to consult the manual for my laptop, to find the control
for mine, and don't even remember what the solution was. I don't
have Wifi here, which is why it's turned off on the laptop. Not needed.

On my Toshiba, it's a VERY small switch right on the front edge under
the system lights.






To reply by email, lose the Ks...

 

[Juan Wei]

(e-mail address removed) has written on 9/12/2013 2:28 PM:

Been there done that--- every option leads me to a diagnocosis that
the ethernet cable is unplugged.

Look at
<http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/pikov22/media/systray_zps9c07fd44.png.html>


Do you see the symbol at the far left?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Just checked with DELL. Yes I have a wireless card (#1504- whatever
that means). I'll call their wireless help number to find out what to do.
Thanks.

Still possible that it's turned off. Others are addressing the issue in
this thread, so I'll shut up

My question might have seemed insulting, but let me assure you that it
wasn't meant that way. No one is immune to mistakes of the sort I
addressed, as I'm sure you know. Obviously, I know from my own
experience.

 

[Bob I]

well my "manual" is 2 81/2x11 sheets folded --and is the "manual"
for two models. All it really has is a picture showing where all the
buttons and connectors are.

Perhaps "Fn" key + "F2"

 

[Top]

(e-mail address removed) was thinking very hard :

well my "manual" is 2 81/2x11 sheets folded
--and is the "manual"
for two models. All it really has is a picture
showing where all the
buttons and connectors are.

Since no one seems to have mentioned it I'll tell
you of the problem I had, self imposed problem.
There is a small slide switch on the side of the
monitor that turns the radio on and off. Mine had
accidently been moved to the of position. I don't
know if that is the situation with your Dell but
it was with mine. HTH!

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[Guest]

Setting up a new Dell Win 7 - 64bit laptop (nice machine!)
Can't get it to find my wireless router. I have a strong signal
dual channel router -- old xp machine 3 ft awaw has always had
a strong signal) .,
I haven't found on Win 7 a "wireless connection" thing. A
From control panel --search for connections thiug always tells
me the Usenet cable is disconnected . How to get it to find wireless
connections?

Problem solved The machine came without the drivers for wireless
though it had a wireless card !!! Bizarre!
Got to DELL support---a guy took control of the computer -via ethernet
connectiion and spent at least half an hour adding drivers --as I watched
it looked like several dozen --I don't know what that was all about --
but whwn he finished I had wireless.