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Anyone else having problems with wireless networking on HP Pavilion laptops?

I've had my HP Pavilion TX 1000 for 10 months now and the wireless networking has cut out at least 15 times a day every day since I've had it. Internet and that works fine, but every now and again it will just disconnect from the network and the network disappears from the list. The only way i can get the network running again is to either put my laptop into sleep mode then wake it up again or to just completely restart it, and after doing this the network connects automatically and works fine for another 10-40 minutes before cutting out again. My sister's laptop is a Toshiba and this never happens on hers, and also recently I was given a free laptop from my school which is Acer and this hasn't happened once on this laptop either. I would use my school laptop but there are certain things it can't do and also it's on XP (my home use HP is on Vista, which i prefer) I've been researching HP networking problems and there have been a few posts but not much help. Also I have spoken to the HP helpline about my built in webcam as it tends to choose when it's actually there or not, telling me that it's either "not plugged in" or in use by another program (although there are no programs other than msn on the laptop that could use the camera, and it is with msn that i get this problem) They told me to download some crappy file that will fix the bug from their website, which i never did, but I'm thinking that maybe this networking problem could also be a bug? I have 2 friends who are having the same problem and, funnily enough, they both have HP Laptops too. Seem's this has been happening to a few people, anyone got any answers? Thanks! You are actually god! Thankyou so much! 11 months of not being able to leave downloads on through the night, it's finally over!

Public Comments

1. This sounds like the wireless interface in the laptop is going into power saver mode and shutting down after a period of inactivity (they set them that way to conserve battery power but some laptops have settings to disable the wireless interface even if it is on a power supply!). Check the power management settings to see if that is the case. gm... http://www.wifi-shopping.net/blog