Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-04 Thread Jon Harris
gt; *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 sa

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > I never thought about that.  DCP is on my remove immediately or don't > reinstall when rebuilding list. FYI: Sometimes not installing the vendor bloatware isn't enough. Some of the dubious "features" default to on. I know I spent forever t

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Jonathan Link
dows. > > > > *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

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Jon Harris
is [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'

RE: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Sean Rector
: 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 wrote: I do ge

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Jon Harris
ovember 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,

RE: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Sean Rector
E 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 r

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread James Rankin
gt; 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 behavi

RE: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Sean Rector
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 netw

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Jonathan Link
Sean Rector > 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 Ad

RE: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Sean Rector
om] 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 yo

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Jonathan Link
nathan.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 ri

RE: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Sean Rector
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? Disa

Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Jonathan Link
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 wrote: > Hello, > > > > I’ve got several Windows 7 notebooks

Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable

2010-11-03 Thread Sean Rector
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. I'd prefer not turning off UAC completely, but I cannot find a way to change this behavior - everything I r