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Using HP Wireless Assistant (select models only) to turn wireless devices on or off A wireless device can be turned on or off using Wireless Assistant. If a wireless device is disabled in Setup Utility, it must be reenabled in Setup Utility before it can be turned on or off using Wireless Assistant. NOTE: Enabling and turning on a wireless device does not automatically connect the computer to a network or a Bluetooth-enabled device. To view the state of the wireless devices, click the Show hidden icons icon, the arrow at the left of the notification area, and position the mouse pointer over the wireless icon. ▲ To open Wireless Assistant, double-click the wireless icon in the notification area. If the wireless icon is not displayed in the notification area, complete the following steps: Windows 7 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Windows Mobility Center. 2. Click the wireless icon in the Wireless Assistant tile, which is located in the bottom row of Windows® Mobility Center. 3. Click Properties. 4. Select the check box next to HP Wireless Assistant icon in notification area. 5. Click Apply. 6. Click Close. For more information, refer to the Wireless Assistant software Help: 1. Open Wireless Assistant by clicking the wireless icon in Windows Mobility Center. 2. Click the Help button. Windows XP 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > HP Wireless Assistant. 2. Click Properties. 3. Select the check box next to Wireless Assistant icon in notification area. 4. Click Apply. Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) You can use HP Connection Manager to connect to WWANs using the HP Mobile Broadband Module in your computer (select models only). ▲ To start Connection Manager, click the HP Connection Manager icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar. - or - Select Start > All Programs > HP Connection Manager > HP Connection Manager. For more details about using Connection Manager, refer to the Connection Manager software Help. 4 Chapter 2 Networking (select models only)

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Using HP Wireless Assistant (select models only) to turn wireless devices on or off
A wireless device can be turned on or off using Wireless Assistant. If a wireless device is disabled in
Setup Utility, it must be reenabled in Setup Utility before it can be turned on or off using Wireless
Assistant.
NOTE:
Enabling and turning on a wireless device does not automatically connect the computer to a
network or a Bluetooth-enabled device.
To view the state of the wireless devices, click the
Show hidden icons
icon, the arrow at the left of the
notification area, and position the mouse pointer over the wireless icon.
▲
To open Wireless Assistant, double-click the wireless icon in the notification area.
If the wireless icon is not displayed in the notification area, complete the following steps:
Windows 7
1.
Select
Start
>
Control Panel
>
Hardware and Sound
>
Windows Mobility Center
.
2.
Click the wireless icon in the Wireless Assistant tile, which is located in the bottom row of Windows®
Mobility Center.
3.
Click
Properties
.
4.
Select the check box next to
HP Wireless Assistant icon in notification area
.
5.
Click
Apply
.
6.
Click
Close
.
For more information, refer to the Wireless Assistant software Help:
1.
Open Wireless Assistant by clicking the wireless icon in Windows Mobility Center.
2.
Click the
Help
button.
Windows XP
1.
Select
Start
>
Control Panel
>
Network and Internet Connections
>
HP Wireless Assistant
.
2.
Click
Properties
.
3.
Select the check box next to
Wireless Assistant icon in notification area
.
4.
Click
Apply
.
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only)
You can use HP Connection Manager to connect to WWANs using the HP Mobile Broadband Module
in your computer (select models only).
▲
To start Connection Manager, click the
HP Connection Manager
icon in the notification area, at
the far right of the taskbar.
– or –
Select
Start
>
All Programs
>
HP Connection Manager
>
HP Connection Manager
.
For more details about using Connection Manager, refer to the Connection Manager software Help.
4
Chapter 2
Networking (select models only)