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Internet connectiion icon has disappeared

Jul 16, 2010 11:14PM PDT

I am running Vista on a HP pavilion laptop. My internet connectiion icon has disappeared from the notification area and the network option is greyed out in the task bar manager option. can anyone advise solution.

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My dv6000 does that when
Jul 16, 2010 11:22PM PDT

I have the wifi switch set to off.

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Jul 16, 2010 11:56PM PDT

Thanks for your reply, but I should have stated that I am connected via wireless and therefore have wifi permanantly swithed on.

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I pulled out my dv6700 running Vista to check.
Jul 17, 2010 12:06AM PDT

Try turning the wifi off with the slide switch on the front left, wait then back on. If it is still gone, reboot and if it is still gone consider system restore to when it worked.
Bob

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Jul 17, 2010 12:38AM PDT

I had tried switching off wifi and rebooting but not system restore which has worked, I should have thought of that! Thanks for reminding me how usful system restore can be.

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Glad it worked.
Jul 17, 2010 12:43AM PDT

That's the power of the forums. Finding others to help us along from time to time.

Thank you for the final report.
Bob