On 1/23/14, 8:01 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> What is this "Windows 8" you speak of?
> 
> - ferg
> 
It is DOS 2.0 with everything you liked about DOS2.0 taken out.  Whoops!
 That was DOS2.1.

In that case, it is Window Millennium with everything you liked about
Windows ME taken out.

> 
> On 1/23/2014 4:50 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
> 
>> Discovered today that, once you turn wifi off on a Windows 8 (or 8.1) 
>> machine, it 
>> is almost impossible to turn it back on.  For example, on a laptop with a 
>> wifi 
>> toggle key (toggling the key off to save power or stop broadcasting on a 
>> plane), 
>> toggling the key back on doesn't necessarily re-enble the wireless network 
>>
>> In fact, initially I couldn't even remember how I eventually did it.  (And 
>> Windows 
>> Help was, as usual, no help.)
>>
>> (And, yes, I know that Win8 has an "airplane mode" setting, but that isn't 
>> immediately accessible all the time.)
>>
>> Finally found that if you go to "Network and Sharing Center," then choose 
>> "Change adapter settings," then the "Wi-fi" will show up, and if you 
>> right/information/context menu-click on the *icon* (not the box), then you 
>> can 
>> get to re-enable wifi.
>>
> 

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