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MikuAuahDark
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So, 2 weeks ago my laptop keyboard just broken, so i buy a new temporary USB keyboard which doesn't have any Fn button. Luckily, before the keyboard is broken, the Wi-Fi LED in my laptop is on. Then, last few days, the USB keyboard berhaves strangely, like pressing the sleep/shutdown button(which doesn't available in there) and then, it shuts down my laptop Wi-Fi(maybe by sending some strange sh*t Virtual Key button). How can i enable the Wi-Fi again?

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1. I already search on google but nothing works
2. I'm gonna tell you my laptop vendor if you ask it
3. Device Manager, Wi-Fi device, Enabled but the LED doesn't on
4. Wi-Fi switch is greyed out(i use Windows 8.1)
5. If you know some information about Virtual Key to turn it on, list them please, i can use SendInput API from windows
6. Disabling then Enabling > Not work
7. Try to use SendInput on OEM-specific virtual keys > not work
8. There's no hardware switch.
9. There's no option to enable it in BIOS menu
10. I'm asking to this community because there's no other place to asking, maybe i hope that this is good place to ask about this

Need fast answer, i need to use Wi-Fi on saturday

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Stinger
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Here u go,
• First way : Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter setting > Right Click on Wireless Network Connection > Enable √

• Second way : Search > Type on Screen Keyboard > There is fn button there,press it then press ur "Wi-fi" button(mine is f4)

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Stinger
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@user MikuAuahDark: on screen keyboard has fn button but dont have access fn function,lol sorry

Maybe the LED doesn't on but u can use ur wi-fi?
Maybe the problem is ur LED broken/damaged

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KimKat
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Perhaps one of these links below are a viable solution.
> Enable/Disable a device from the command line (Requires knowledge in basic computing)
> Disable/Enable wireless (Requires knowledge in VBS [Visual Basic Scripting Edition])
> Enable/Disable wireless card (Requires knowledge in AutoIt)
> Managed Wi-Fi API (Requires knowledge in C# [C Sharp])

If not you perhaps need to configure your new external keyboard. There is software on the web that does exactly that. By configuring the keyboard your problem will be solved. However this does take a experienced user to do I believe.

However here is the link for such software. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processor architecture OS's.
> Keyboard Layout Manager

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Flacko
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Have you tried replacing your keyboard?
Are you sure there's no Wi-Fi option in the BIOS?
What about an Fn-key behaviour option?
Why don't you tell us your laptop model?

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MikuAuahDark
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user RisingXD has written
Your laptop got more usb space?
Just buy a wireless keyboard and everything ok!

But the main thread of this is to turn on the wireless!

user Stinger has written
Maybe the LED doesn't on but u can use ur wi-fi?
Maybe the problem is ur LED broken/damaged

No, the LED still working fine, i tired to start connectivy and it says "Wi-Fi is disabled".

user KimKat has written
Perhaps one of these links below are a viable solution.
> Enable/Disable a device from the command line (Requires knowledge in basic computing)
> Disable/Enable wireless (Requires knowledge in VBS [Visual Basic Scripting Edition])
> Enable/Disable wireless card (Requires knowledge in AutoIt)
> Managed Wi-Fi API (Requires knowledge in C# [C Sharp])

If not you perhaps need to configure your new external keyboard. There is software on the web that does exactly that. By configuring the keyboard your problem will be solved. However this does take a experienced user to do I believe.

However here is the link for such software. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit processor architecture OS's.
> Keyboard Layout Manager

1. Does that work at windows 8?
2-4. I only know C/C++
Keyboard layout manager, im gonna test it later.

user Flacko has written
Have you tried replacing your keyboard?
Are you sure there's no Wi-Fi option in the BIOS?
What about an Fn-key behaviour option?
Why don't you tell us your laptop model?

1. I'm still not buying the original keyboard
2. Yes
3. Where? on my USB keyboard?
4. Because you already ask it, my laptop model is Axioo Neon CNW

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Flacko
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user MikuAuahDark has written
3. Where? on my USB keyboard?

I meant in your BIOS settings.
I find it strange that you don't have those settings in your BIOS.
Have you tried contacting your laptop vendor?

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MikuAuahDark
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1. No, that setting doesn't exist. There's no option to change the Wi-Fi status from BIOS and there's no option to re-map the Fn key. It seems that my USB keyboard sending a very random strange virtual key code and it's sending the Wi-Fi off button.
Have you tried contacting your laptop vendor? No, still not yet

EDIT:
Now i'm discover that there's application called Hotkey, there's not much information in google about this, but i discover 1 DLL that maybe related to Wireless. It's called wlandll.dll. Once i see it's exported functions with dllexport, i see that there's function called setwlan. Currently i'm coding an application to load the dll and call that function.
edited 2×, last 13.02.14 12:43:58 pm
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