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Wifi adapter not present

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My laptop, windows 10, has been having intermittent issues with the wifi adapter. Now it just says it is "not present" under network properties

Any ideas how to fix this?
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You probably switched it off. Can be done with the keyboard, usually a combo of <FN> with another key or in the Windows control center.
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Also, check the status of the device and whether the driver is up to date?

Device manager>network adapters>Intel wireless
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Kammekor wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:08 pm You probably switched it off. Can be done with the keyboard, usually a combo of <FN> with another key or in the Windows control center.
Any ideas how to switch it back on?
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In network properties is says it is disconnected
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Always "hope" but never "expect".
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Maybe you can right click and 'connect'.
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I suppose you have tried to right click > "enable" or "properties" ?
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Hey...fixed! Using the above link.

Found my way into device manager and enabled it. Simple.

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