laptop despair

summerof0763

hi am hoping someone can help me my grandson knackered my laptop and I can't afford to repair it so looked out an old one I have but it sayswireless isdisabled by hardware switch, can someone tell me where or what the hardware switch is please as I really need a working laptop the computer am using is amilo pro and was using linux am sure, would be grateful if someone could help me thank you x

penrhyn

Have you pressed the Wireless LAN easy launch button.

summerof0763

I can't find the wireless lan easy launch button am stuck on page saying am not connected to internet x

John_Gray

You need this the manufacturer and model, usually in some detail underneath, to Google for something like the User Manual or perhaps an Engineering Manual.

John_Gray

On the Amilo Pro V there is a group of three switches on the keyboard just below the screen and to the left of centre.

The right hand one of these three should have an icon which looks like an uplighter, with two curved brackets either side, very approximately like
( ( I ) )

In the manual this is followed by:
Wireless LAN
With this button you can switch on or off the wireless LAN module.

Maybe this is what you need?

summerof0763

I don't have the user manual it was a second hand one I got what details do you need its an amilo por laptop model v2010 fujuitsu siemens

Debt_Free_Chick

summerof0763 wrote: »

I don't have the user manual it was a second hand one I got what details do you need its an amilo por laptop model v2010 fujuitsu siemens

The manual is here http://uk.ts.fujitsu.com/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/lifebook/AMILO/Amilo-Pro/Downloads/a26391-v2010-z120-uk[1].pdf

(I can't get the link to work as it contains brackets .... you may have to Google for it, sorry.


Looks like the quicklaunch keys on this model are in the top right hand corner, next to the power key/button.

See pages 3 and 23

summerof0763

YESS got connection now to see if it works, I managed to get my very first laptop to go on but for life of me cannot remember the password is there any way of getting into it or am I stuffed x

John_Gray

If it runs a variant of Linux, I can't help you - perhaps someone else can?

If it's Windows, you can set up a boot disk to remove the Administrator (or another) password.

summerof0763

I belive its windows xp that's on it so how would I set up a boot disc please and thank you really appreciate all the help everyone has given me
the laptop I got on though the wireless working I can't seem to get onto firefox, and because its been that long and I didnt like the linux I can't seem to get anything to work x

Knarf44

It's been a while since I worked as a techie but you can recover Administration passwords for XP, Win 7, 8 etc using a freeware program called Ophcrack. It can be downloaded from: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/download.php?type=livecd The version for XP is the first link. It's an iso image file that will need to be burned to a blank CD. A full pictoral guide to using the software is here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ss/ophcracksbs.htm Essentially you change the boot order of the laptop to boot from the CD drive first, pop the live cd in the draw and once the computer is rebooted the program will start and search for any User passwords and display what it finds, so have a pencil/paper ready. To burn the iso file to a cd you can use other free programs such as Imageburn or CDBurnerXP. Please report back here with any success or otherwise you have.