HP (Hewlett-Packard) 397381-001 Laptop User Manual


 
For more information about Wireless Assistant:
1. Open Wireless Assistant by double-clicking the icon in the notification area.
2. Click the Help button.
NOTE You cannot use the wireless button or Wireless Assistant to control the wireless
devices if they are disabled in the Setup Utility.
Turning on the devices
If And Then
Wireless Assistant shows
that both WLAN (802.11)
and Bluetooth are turned off
Wireless light is off
You want to turn on one or both
devices
1. Right-click the Wireless Assistant icon in
the notification area.
2. Select the device or devices you want to
turn on.
NOTE If the wireless devices
are turned off, pressing the
wireless button disables both
devices. It does not turn on the
devices.
Wireless Assistant shows
that both WLAN and
Bluetooth are disabled
Wireless light is off
You want to turn on one or both
devices
1. Press the wireless button. (The devices
return to their previous on or off state.)*
2. If the wireless devices are turned off, right-
click the Wireless Assistant icon in the
notification area.
3. Select the device or devices you want to
turn on.
Wireless Assistant shows
that one device is turned
on and the other device
is turned off
Wireless light is on
You want to turn on the device
that is off
1. Right-click the Wireless Assistant icon in
the notification area.
2. Select the device you want to turn on.
*Pressing the button does not turn on both devices.
NOTE If you want the wireless devices to be turned on when you turn on the computer, you
must turn them on before you shut down or restart the computer.
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