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    Can't enable wireless network

    Hi,

    I have a Zepto (company went bankrupt) computer with a Vista peremium 64-bit os. For about 2 months ago i reinstalled the computer but it was yesterday i needed my wlan card for first time. I can use my wlan but i can use wired internet. I have tried both old and new drivers. I got the computer wlan switch on but i still can't enable wlan under Network connections. Everything under the device manager is installed and working correct. When i enbale My wireless network it does not change. It is still disabled. When i try to enable it true my Ralink (wlan card distributor) software it just say "Switch radio state fail". I'm completely out of ideas now. Help will be appreciated.


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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    Quote Originally Posted by Labello View Post
    Hi,

    I have a Zepto (company went bankrupt) computer with a Vista peremium 64-bit os. For about 2 months ago i reinstalled the computer but it was yesterday i needed my wlan card for first time. I can use my wlan but i can use wired internet. I have tried both old and new drivers. I got the computer wlan switch on but i still can't enable wlan under Network connections. Everything under the device manager is installed and working correct. When i enbale My wireless network it does not change. It is still disabled. When i try to enable it true my Ralink (wlan card distributor) software it just say "Switch radio state fail". I'm completely out of ideas now. Help will be appreciated.
    Hi, a few pieces of advice for you.

    Make sure your drivers are up to date (even thought the company's gone bust it may use generic drivers)

    Try enabling the wireless card then restarting your PC.

    Make sure your PC is up to date (Especially make sure you have SP2 installed)

    See if there are any options to do with your Wireless card in the BIOS.

    Oli

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    Is the Wireless built in or is it an expansion cards?

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    Hi,
    Thx for the reply. The card is built in and made by Zepto (what i thought it was when i bought the computer). I used a hardware recognizer that told me that it was a Ralink. I have both tried the Zepto drivers that they still have on their homepage (ftp.zepto.dk) and also tried the drivers on Ralinks homepage. I have also tried enable -> reeboot alot of times. And i can't find any wlan settings in the BIOS. I also got all windows updates installed.
    I just realised that i have a USB wireless adapter and tried that out aswell. It finds the adapter and automaticaly install the drivers. But that network is still disabled and i can't activate it. The USB adapter is a Linksys adapter.

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    Thx everyone for the help!

    I just found the problem on another thred. It was Zone Alarm causing the problem. Works like a charm now

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    So you can see the adapter in the Network connections manager.

    But it is set to disabled.

    Right clicking on it and selecting enabled, does nothing but bring up an error

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    I have an acer aspire 5570z laptop and I have the same issue but it says the drivers are not installed I uninstall it and reinstall it and still the same thing I have no idea what to do to get the wlan to work it even gives me the error code 10 saying that there is not enough resorces to run the wlan card .
    anyone have any ideas ?

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    Hi,

    Can I ask,


    • What is the amount of memory in the laptop
    • How much free Hard Disk space do you have
    Andy

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    Ihave 77.5 gb left on the hard drive of course I havent done the disk clean up yet and the ram is 1 gb ddr2 ram

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    Re: Can't enable wireless network

    In that case, it sounds like you might have a dodgy driver.. The best think to do is find the last driver for it and download and install. Even if it looks like the reason you already have...

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