Windows 10: Can't turn on the wireless option. Greyed out.

I have an old laptop [HP Elitebook 8470p], with the OS being MS Windows 7 Ultimate. The wifi symbol has a red cross on it. Hence I am unable to connect to any network. So I looked online for the solutions, and I opened the Windows Mobility Center and there I found that the wireless option was greyed out [Please refer to the attached image], hence I could not turn it on. I tried doing the fn + function keys, but no luck. There is no function key for the wireless option on the keyboard. Please help and provide a step by step solution.

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Yeah, thats not a solution she is interested in......I've suggested that course of action. Thanks though.

Just to clarify, I feel that there MUST be a step, or series of steps to turn off JUST the wireless notification sound. Thats what Im driving @ here.

 

in windows 10 how do i turn on my wireless printer

Hi,

• What is the make and model of the printer and the computer?

As you have mentioned that “I cannot turn on my wireless printer. it says my radio is off”
which means the wireless button might not have turned ‘ON’ on your printer.

So I suggest you to check for the wireless button on the printer and turn it ‘ON’ then follow the below steps to ‘ADD’ the wireless printer on your computer and connect it, check if it helps.

• In the Search box type as ‘Device and Printers’.
• Click on ‘Add a printer’ you will find the wireless printer is displayed on your computer.
• Click on the printer and click on ‘Next’.
• Follow the onscreen instruction and connect the computer and printer.

If still you are facing issue in connecting the wireless printer then I suggest you to refer to the printer manual and check if it helps.

Please get back to us with an update on this issue, we will be happy to assist you further.

Thank you

 

Sync is greyed out and turned off; how do I correct

Hi Michael,

I would suggest you to ty disabling Windows Firewall and check if you are able to turn the setting on by following the steps:

• Search Windows Firewall using Cortana.
• Under Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall click Turn Windows Firewall on or off.

You can also refer to the post of Arul_D by clicking this
link.

Let us know how it goes.