Hi Graham

I would suggest re-installation of the Dell Wireless application, but since you dont use the wireless application you can follow these steps to remove it from the startup.

1. Click on the start button
2. In the 'Search programs and files' box type 'msconfig' and hit enter
3. A System configuration window will open up.
4. Go to the startup tab
5. Now the list displayed here is the list of programs which start along with windows.
6. Remove the check mark next to the wireless tray application , click on apply then ok and you will be prompted to restart the system.

Hope that takes care of the problem :)

Telson

Not a problem graham

This community is all about help and support. You just need to ask and you shall get :)

Try that out, if it does not work, ill help you reinstall the application.

Btw which antivirus are you using ?

Thanks - I'll try that.

I'm not really an expert and would appreciate any help or advice you might be able to give me about uninstalling and re-installing the Dell wireless application.

Graham

Thanks. Unchecking it on the startup list did the trick.

The antivirus I'm using is Avast free version.

dolan46,

Avast has an update, last week that disable some of the Dell wireless cards. If you're still connected to the internet with the ethernet cable, then double click on the orange avast icon.

Click on maintenance, update

click on the update program

restart your computer when prompted and everything should be back to normal

Rick

Dolan is right,

Avast has incompatibility issue with Dell support center.

Update your avast, it should work fine :)