I never thought about that. DCP is on my remove immediately or don't reinstall when rebuilding list. Seems to confuse users better than anything I know.
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Bob Fronk <b...@btrfronk.com> wrote: > I have seen the Dell Control Point software cause this. I don’t have one > in front of me, but IIRC there is a setting in the DCP Connection Manager > that controls wireless. > > > > Also, some wireless nics have a setting that disables wireless if wired > connection is made. This setting is in the wireless nic configuration in > Windows. > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:41 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable > > > > That is how ours were but when the battery would run down it would start > disabling devices. Since these are notebooks I was guessing the same > issue. That said look at using the power management software to turn them > back on. It is harder to find than fixing the issue by a GPO but then I did > not have to add another GPO to the domain. > > > > Jon > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Sean Rector <sean.rec...@vaopera.org> > wrote: > > They’re on AC, but I’ll look there again. That’s where I was originally > thinking before going the GP route… > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:18 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable > > > > Look in the power settings. I found this happening if the machine ran it's > power down to near nothing and on restart it showed the Wireless disabled. > I could without using elevated privileges in Power turn them back on. You > will then need to disable the power setting that turns them off. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Jon > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Sean Rector <sean.rec...@vaopera.org> > wrote: > > I’ll find out in a bit. I’ve just added them to it (yes, it exists in > Windows 7). > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:38 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable > > > > What about if you add them to the Network Configuration Operators group? > (Does that exist on Win7?) > > On 3 November 2010 15:36, Sean Rector <sean.rec...@vaopera.org> wrote: > > 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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