Do you get the same behavior when you logon? And, not to be impertinent, but the switch for the radio is on, right?
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Sean Rector <[email protected]>wrote: > They’re all Dell Precision M4500’s. > > They were all bought at the same time. > > Not that I’m aware of. > > They’re able to log on (due to Security Policy settings), but the adapter > is still disabled. > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:17 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable > > > > Come to think of it disabling a NIC via GPO doesn't seem to make sense, so > I abandon that possibility. > > So, are the notebooks all the same model? Do you have any not exhibiting > that behavior? Any of that same model? I'm running about 20 Windows 7 > notebooks and don't have that behavior. > > Also, what happens if they login not connected to your wired network? Is > the wireless nic still disabled? > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Sean Rector <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If I do, I can’t find the setting. > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:02 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Wireless Adapter disabled - requires elevation to enable > > > > What behavior by design? Disabling wireless adapters upon logon? No. > Requiring admin rights to enable network adapters? Yes. > > Possible you have a GPO disabling the wireless nic at startup? > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Sean Rector <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I’ve got several Windows 7 notebooks now, and I’m running into an issue > where the Wireless adapter is disabled upon logon. When the user goes to > enable it, it requires elevation. 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