Computer geekery is not really my thing, though I am confident enough to set up computers, add peripherals and try things out. But this week I am awarding myself the 'level 1' geekery badge for fixing ... so far so good... the wireless problem on my gleaming laptop. Using the trusty old steam driven computer with an ethernet-DSL link I'd googled enough to discover that the same problem arose with this make of laptop, this version of the operating system and this broadband supplier. So which was it? Finding a wireless hotspot it became clear the problem was in the machine not the modem. So, eventually having exhausted other options, I hooked it up via ethernet, downloaded a replacement wireless driver (even though auto update told me the one I had was the latest) and hey presto, wireless restored.
All of which seems worthy of elementary geekery - at least in my book. Hopefully it will stay fixed now.....
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My dear Catriona, I think your one step beyond elementary there.
Hi Graham
that's very kind of you.... alas this morning problems resume suggesting there is more to this than merely a software fix (though why did it work last night...?). Evidently wireless adapter problems with this make/model are quite common so we'll see... may have to contact maker.
Update... after the wobble yesterday morning it now all seems fine. I think the moral of the story is to ignore the HP alert adviser as that seemed to be where the problems began. So, allowing myself to keep my elementary geekery badge afterall!
Oh, and of course threatening your inanimate object with a phone call to the manufacturer works well too!