I do get the same behavior when I log on as a Domain Administrator. Yes, the Wireless radio switch is on.
Sean Rector, MCSE From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable Do you get the same behavior when you logon? And, not to be impertinent, but the switch for the radio is on, right? On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Sean Rector <sean.rec...@vaopera.org> wrote: They're all Dell Precision M4500's. They were all bought at the same time. Not that I'm aware of. They're able to log on (due to Security Policy settings), but the adapter is still disabled. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable Come to think of it disabling a NIC via GPO doesn't seem to make sense, so I abandon that possibility. So, are the notebooks all the same model? Do you have any not exhibiting that behavior? Any of that same model? I'm running about 20 Windows 7 notebooks and don't have that behavior. Also, what happens if they login not connected to your wired network? Is the wireless nic still disabled? On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Sean Rector <sean.rec...@vaopera.org> wrote: If I do, I can't find the setting. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable What behavior by design? Disabling wireless adapters upon logon? No. Requiring admin rights to enable network adapters? Yes. Possible you have a GPO disabling the wireless nic at startup? On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Sean Rector <sean.rec...@vaopera.org> wrote: Hello, I've got several Windows 7 notebooks now, and I'm running into an issue where the Wireless adapter is disabled upon logon. When the user goes to enable it, it requires elevation. 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