{"id":177,"date":"2016-03-18T08:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T08:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/?p=177"},"modified":"2016-03-18T08:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T08:02:21","slug":"dell-inspiron-1545-lost-wireless-connection-to-router-problem-fault-function-keys-inactive-not-responding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"Dell Inspiron 1545 lost Wireless connection to router problem fault &#8211; Function Keys Inactive not responding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My client&#8217;s Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop\u00a0running Windows 7 was\u00a0failing to connect with its\u00a0wireless router even after re-starting or re-booting both devices. Although not immediately obvious the Function Key functionality\/operations were also disabled or non-responsive.\u00a0Pressing the combination Fn + F2 did not\u00a0activate or de-activate\u00a0the Wifi ON\/OFF hardware confirmation responses, or any other Function\u00a0key combinations, like screen dimming.\u00a0This problem is in essence the same as a notebook pc with a physical hardware\u00a0toggle switch for the\u00a0wireless\u00a0system &#8211; but in this case you can&#8217;t just switch it back on! The solution to Fix was to go to the\u00a0Windows Mobility Centre (laptop only Windows feature) &#8211; from the start button search type &#8216;MO..&#8217; then click &#8216;Windows Mobility Centre&#8217; set the \u00a0Function key mode to &#8216;Function Keys&#8217; Not &#8216;Multimedia&#8217;, close the dialogue,\u00a0then use Fn + F2 to re-activate the wireless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My client&#8217;s Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop\u00a0running Windows 7 was\u00a0failing to connect with its\u00a0wireless router even after re-starting or re-booting both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workshop-tales-repairs-fixes-solutions-for-pc-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavenhamit.uk\/wrdprss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}