LLigetfa
join:2006-05-15
Fort Frances, ON
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Re: Wireless Internet puzzle
Come on guys... if you had more information it wouldn't be much of a puzzle. 
Do you buy crossword puzzles with the answers in the back?
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Boca Raton, FL | I don't buy crosswords puzzles so I can't answer your question about that.. Do you have answer to the user question? |
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LLigetfa
join:2006-05-15
Fort Frances, ON
| Sorry, it was meant to be facetious. Like the old computers back in the 60's would say, "Insufficient data, does not compute".
My guess however, is that the wireless is disabled in the BIOS, by a switch, or by a key sequence.
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Boca Raton, FL | Okay... Disabled BIOS for internal wireless could be so but I am sure the new owners of Thinkpads must be smart to figure out that one. Unless this person works for a company where their security policy has wireless disabled. |
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LLigetfa
join:2006-05-15
Fort Frances, ON
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May 6th, @03:57PM
| said by tipstir  :I am sure the new owners of Thinkpads must be smart to figure out that one. I wouldn't give them that much credit. I run a wireless hotspot (not open) and have more than 75 users subscribed and I've run into several that did not know how to turn on their wireless. Now supposedly these guys are traveling tech reps, not your holiday traveler that left their brain at home.
Hell, I've come across some laptops that had wireless disabled in all three places, BIOS, hardware switch, and keyboard fn key. Now throw Vista's security into the mix and it is a surprise if anyone without a computer science degree can get it to work.
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