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That would be me.

Situation: I just got a T60 with XP, used wifi successfully once, and then tried again in an unfamiliar location. Searched for a wifi connection at the Minneapolis airport, picked the wrong one (of four detected), and pressed the "disconnect" button. Then realized it said "disable!" So I can't connect to wifi, or even search for it. The toolbar icon has disappeared, the "search for connection" menu option is grayed out, and I can't find anything about restoring it in the help directory. The manual, which seems unlikely to be more informative, is 1100 miles away.

Request: Can anyone tell me how to "undisable" wifi? And how to shut down a connection if I do this again? Please?

All I can think to do is restore the OS to its original condition. No doubt that would erase the programs I've installed, and I would like to be able to use while away, rather than reinstalling them once I get home. But getting online with my own machine instead of our host's iBook may be more important.

Many thanks.

DON'T DO A RESTORE!!

Try this first, launch Access Connections. |Start menu | All Programs | ThinkvVantage | Access Connections | Find | That should tell you your Wi-Fi is turned off and offer to turn it on.

If that doesn't work, try Control Panel | Network connections that should give you a list of network adapters, right click on it and choose enable. Sorry I have Vista and the names have changed

You can also try pressing Fn-F5.

Are you using Access Connections or XP's wireless manager?

Try this:
Go to the control panel, click on Network Connections, locate the icon labeled Wireless Network Connection. Right click it, and click "Enable".

All the above advice is good. It should get you going.

well probably all you have to do is go to Network Connections in Windows XP and then just right click your wireless icon and choose "Enable" . No major need to panic as it's an easy fix.

"It's so easy a caveman could do it"

(LOL i wasn't planning on saying that, i noticed after i typed it then i put it in quotes)

Thanks, all. I am now up and running. Amazing how simple things become when you either know what you are doing or have your brain in gear. My only excuse is that when I last owned a laptop, wireless connections were not an option.

Glad I found this place. You all are a wonderful resource.

SHoTTa35 wrote:well probably all you have to do is go to Network Connections in Windows XP and then just right click your wireless icon and choose "Enable" . No major need to panic as it's an easy fix.

I got a similar issue here. Wifi`s working like a charm except for Fn+F5 giving me some error message (enabling/disabling the device as described above works though). The message is as follows when trying to disable it via Fn+F5 (translated from German):
When trying to enable the device, it gives the following:
Any clues? I doe have the recent driver from Lenovo installed and the Wifi adapter in my R50e is a Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG. I do not have Access Connections installed.

You also need the Hotkey driver and I believe the ACPI Power Management driver. If you use Vista, you also need the Lenovo Interface Driver.