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Question posted by ohitskatie on January 2nd, 2013

My Wirless Is Not Currently Enabled ... I Feel Like I've Tried Everything! Help?

i have pressed the fn key plus f2, didnt work. searched through my computer and can't figure out how to get it to work

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Answer #1: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on January 3rd, 2013 2:24 AM

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Hello ohitskatie,

I am from Dell Social Media and Community.

If the wireless is not getting enabled with Fn+F2, it could be a driver issue.
Please logon to www.support.dell.com and download the latest driver, please follow the link below to troubleshoot your wireless network.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=125993

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