Solved Wireless won't turn on

Hey folks. I'm using an Acer Aspire 5735 on Vista home premium. I accidentally disconnected my wireless today and since then I can't turn it back on. I've tried the following to no avail:

  • Pressing the wireless button (seems to be broken)
  • Going into network settings and trying to disable and re-enable the network adapter in settings but this freezes my computer for some reason.
  • Setting up a new network but it seems like my wireless is completely turned off.

I'm at a loss as to why it's stopped working.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated guys :D
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite
    CPU
    Pentium Dual CPU T2390 @1.87GHz
    Memory
    2GB
    Internet Speed
    7.2Mb
odd. Very odd.

I would go to the device manager and try to uninstall it. Then readd it using the scan for new hardware changes.

How did you accidently turn it off? Might help figuring out how to fix it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
If I uninstall it will I definitely be able to re-install it using just what I have already on my laptop? Is it dangerous to do this?

Oh when I said I accidentally turned it off I just meant I pushed the button as I never do this. It must have broken after I pushed it (which is weird).
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite
    CPU
    Pentium Dual CPU T2390 @1.87GHz
    Memory
    2GB
    Internet Speed
    7.2Mb
If you turned the Wireless adapter off manually (Button) Then you are going to have to turn it on Manually (button)

Also if you uninstall the Driver for it then the Driver will automatically be reinstalled after you restart your machine

Hope This Helps,
Josh
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
    Motherboard
    Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
    Memory
    8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD HD Radeon 6870
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
    Case
    Novatech Night
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Dell HID-compliant mouse
Thanks guys, I uninstalled the driver and straight away re-installed and it works fine! Life savers! :thumbup:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite
    CPU
    Pentium Dual CPU T2390 @1.87GHz
    Memory
    2GB
    Internet Speed
    7.2Mb
good job.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Glad your Problem is sorted ;) And thanks for the rep
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
    Motherboard
    Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
    Memory
    8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD HD Radeon 6870
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
    Case
    Novatech Night
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Dell HID-compliant mouse
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