My wifi won't work, and it says Wi-fi is disabled by hardware switch

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I got an old computer from my grandmother, and it had Ubuntu on it. One day the wifi just switched off and said Wifi is disabled by hardware switch. How do I fix this and get the wifi back working again? Or is there a way I can just switch to Windows instead?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '16 at 20:03

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Try to find physical switch that is related to wifi on/off on Your laptop.

answered Apr 02 '16 at 20:03

Eska

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whoops thanks. This worked. I am so stupid. – That kid Apr 02 '16 at 20:11
Great, I'm glad that helped ;) – Eska Apr 02 '16 at 20:13
If You could accept and upvote my answer that would help me greatly, i can't type comments under original posters questions because i have insufficient rep points - that helds me off from helping people :) Thank You in advance! – Eska Apr 02 '16 at 20:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 12 '16 at 17:34

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Go to setting-->Softwares and Updates--> Then click on..Additional drivers.

It will try to find drivers for Wifi.

See attached image:

edited May 12 '16 at 17:34

Pierre.Vriens

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answered Apr 02 '16 at 20:08

Leena Patel

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My wifi won't work, and it says Wi-fi is disabled by hardware switch

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