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If you expand the listing for Network adapters in Device Manager, does the wireless adapter show up there? Can you access the Dell wireless utility by going to Control Panel - switching to classic view, then clicking on Wireless Configuration Utility?
Steve
Message Edited by volcano11 on 08-07-2007 07:20 PM
I also lost my signal strength icon (wireless utility icon) from the notification area in the system tray. There is another way to display the utility by right-clicking the Start button. I found this in the Dell System Help...
"From Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility
To perform any of the following tasks or operations, right-click the utility icon
, and then click Open Utility. if the utility icon is not available in the notification area, click the Start button
, click Control Panel, click Additional Options, and then click Wireless Configuration Utility."
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Also, I see an option on the file menu to display the utility icon. Mine was turned on, so I don't know what happened. I am going to try turning it off, then on again and reboot.
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I know this is an old problem for you, but I thought maybe this would help anyway.
I lost my signal strength icon because I had to let windows manage my wireless network for a while so I could connect to a client's wireless network. They have since done away with the wireless, so I just switched back to letting Dell's wireless utility manage my wireless card. I was expecting to see the signal strength icon come back when I did that, but it didn't. When I open the wireless utility the check box is checked to show the icon in the system tray. I tried unchecking it, hitting apply & OK, then rechecking the box and clicking apply & OK again. No joy.
Hadn't thought about rebooting; maybe I'll try that next.
I'm spending way too much time on this - since I use the classic version of control panel, it's easy to get to the utility, though I don't really have any problems or need to use it. I just miss having it there...
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Message Edited by geneyoonit on 08-07-2007 11:37 AM
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Message Edited by volcano11 on 08-07-2007 07:20 PM
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I lost my signal strength icon because I had to let windows manage my wireless network for a while so I could connect to a client's wireless network. They have since done away with the wireless, so I just switched back to letting Dell's wireless utility manage my wireless card. I was expecting to see the signal strength icon come back when I did that, but it didn't. When I open the wireless utility the check box is checked to show the icon in the system tray. I tried unchecking it, hitting apply & OK, then rechecking the box and clicking apply & OK again. No joy.
Hadn't thought about rebooting; maybe I'll try that next.
I'm spending way too much time on this - since I use the classic version of control panel, it's easy to get to the utility, though I don't really have any problems or need to use it. I just miss having it there...