Wireless network adapter not activating in Windows 7

[Da_Latios]

I recently upgraded to Windows 7, and when I tried to turn on the network adapter, it didn't work.

 

My laptop is a HP Pavilion DV5.

 

 

 

When I go to Device Manager, it tells me that my Atheros AR5009 network adapter is indeed enabled, and the latest drivers are installed. It's not a problem with that.

 

 

 

There's a touch-sensitive button on my laptop which is required to be pressed for the network adapter to activate. Pressing it does nothing. It does not respond.

 

 

 

Is there a way to force-activate the network adapter, or could it be that my network adapter is not yet compatible with Windows 7? The latter is unlikely, since Windows 7 has backwards compatibility.

[Ellhound]

Those buttons on your laptop generally require you to install some piece of software, so installing that should solve your problem.

 

To manually enable your network adapter:

 

Start menu > type 'view network connections' and press enter.

 

This will open a screen which lists all of your network adapters. Simply right click the wireless adapter and click enable.

[Da_Latios]

 

 

 

The network adapter is enabled, but it doesn't seem to activate or pick up any signals. When I right-click it and select Connect to, it shows that no networks are available. I know that there are, since I am currently using a USB dongle to connect to a wireless network.

[Da_Latios]

Nevermind, I updated my BIOS to the current Windows 7 version and now it works. \

 

 

 

Lock please, problem solved. :D