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Adapter make: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 802.11b
Driver: 10.0.0.212 (Sept 2012 version) - Refuses to update further for some reason.
Running Win 8.1 (and I hate it)
Desktop model: HP 19 All-In-One; it could be a glorified laptop.
Hopefully the rest of the info I give will be enough. I apologize if there's something in the "read first" that I missed. I do make a decent effort, or try my best.
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I've scoured the internet, including posts I've seen from this forum, but I still can't find the solution to my problem. If it's been mentioned in a previous forum post, I don't mean to be redundant.
My initial problem:
My HP 19 all-in-one was beginning to have connection issues after about 3 months of use. I'd looked it up and others had mentioned having HP wifi adapter problems. So I decided to try uninstalling it, in hopes I could reinstall with no trouble. This leads to my actual problem.
The real problem:
After uninstalling the driver, I scanned for hardware changes. It automatically used the default driver. But guess what? While the Atheros driver says it's fine and enabled, I cannot scan or search for local connections. It behaves as if it's disabled. Or, as if I live out in the deep country where no internet is in sight. But I live in a suburb where people name their networks stuff like "Ourfamilysbetterthanyours." But I digress. All I ended up with was the network bars showing as greyed out/empty with an X over it.
Actions I've taken:
[strike]First thing I tried to do was uninstall it again, repeating the intial action. Then I tried downloading a newer, updated driver on my laptop, and installed that. I tried this several times with a couple different drivers. The network icon would change to the kind you get if you plug in a cable, but both that and the network icon still showed a X on them.
After this I tried to system restore. I'd also tried doing a refresh and eventually a reset. Guess what? With the restore it came up with an error. The latter two also said it couldn't complete.
Overall I've tried everything I could from diagnosing the connection to going as far as resetting to factory fresh. I've even tried weird tricks that only seem logical as one who's desperate. If I have to I'll just buy a dongle and use that until I need to upgrade my desktop. I'd sooner just use what I have since it seems like it should be fixable.
I just can't shake the feeling that I've missed something. Is there something I'm missing? [/strike]
I took my dad up on his offer to check out multiple possibilities, though I'd thought he would simply do what I did.
**Solution** A thought occurred to him, and he ended up checking on uninstalling and reinstalling Zone Alarm. THAT did the trick. He told me that ZA has been known to flip out and screw various things up for no reason. I had never touched ZA during the driver uninstallation, so I have no idea what ZA did to cause the issue. But thankfully the answer really was that simple.
Driver: 10.0.0.212 (Sept 2012 version) - Refuses to update further for some reason.
Running Win 8.1 (and I hate it)
Desktop model: HP 19 All-In-One; it could be a glorified laptop.
Hopefully the rest of the info I give will be enough. I apologize if there's something in the "read first" that I missed. I do make a decent effort, or try my best.
____________________________
I've scoured the internet, including posts I've seen from this forum, but I still can't find the solution to my problem. If it's been mentioned in a previous forum post, I don't mean to be redundant.
My initial problem:
My HP 19 all-in-one was beginning to have connection issues after about 3 months of use. I'd looked it up and others had mentioned having HP wifi adapter problems. So I decided to try uninstalling it, in hopes I could reinstall with no trouble. This leads to my actual problem.
The real problem:
After uninstalling the driver, I scanned for hardware changes. It automatically used the default driver. But guess what? While the Atheros driver says it's fine and enabled, I cannot scan or search for local connections. It behaves as if it's disabled. Or, as if I live out in the deep country where no internet is in sight. But I live in a suburb where people name their networks stuff like "Ourfamilysbetterthanyours." But I digress. All I ended up with was the network bars showing as greyed out/empty with an X over it.
Actions I've taken:
[strike]First thing I tried to do was uninstall it again, repeating the intial action. Then I tried downloading a newer, updated driver on my laptop, and installed that. I tried this several times with a couple different drivers. The network icon would change to the kind you get if you plug in a cable, but both that and the network icon still showed a X on them.
After this I tried to system restore. I'd also tried doing a refresh and eventually a reset. Guess what? With the restore it came up with an error. The latter two also said it couldn't complete.
Overall I've tried everything I could from diagnosing the connection to going as far as resetting to factory fresh. I've even tried weird tricks that only seem logical as one who's desperate. If I have to I'll just buy a dongle and use that until I need to upgrade my desktop. I'd sooner just use what I have since it seems like it should be fixable.
I just can't shake the feeling that I've missed something. Is there something I'm missing? [/strike]
I took my dad up on his offer to check out multiple possibilities, though I'd thought he would simply do what I did.
**Solution** A thought occurred to him, and he ended up checking on uninstalling and reinstalling Zone Alarm. THAT did the trick. He told me that ZA has been known to flip out and screw various things up for no reason. I had never touched ZA during the driver uninstallation, so I have no idea what ZA did to cause the issue. But thankfully the answer really was that simple.
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