Hi,

With some computers you cannot deactivate the wireless network adapter
(or sometimes other adapters too) in Network neighborhood / Properties
even if the user has administrative permissions.

Either the 'Deactivate' menu item is grayed out and disabled or you may
be allowed to click it, but shortly after an error dialog pops ut
stating that it cannot be deactivated due to various reasons.

Which methods should we use to have higher 'success rate' in
deactivating network interfaces? Note that I'm at the network
properties level, so switching off the radio is not an option.

Thanks for comments and tips

regards

Tor

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Jake typed on Tue, 19 May 2009 17:31:53 +0200:
> Hi,
>
> With some computers you cannot deactivate the wireless network adapter
> (or sometimes other adapters too) in Network neighborhood / Properties
> even if the user has administrative permissions.
>
> Either the 'Deactivate' menu item is grayed out and disabled or you
> may be allowed to click it, but shortly after an error dialog pops ut
> stating that it cannot be deactivated due to various reasons.
>
> Which methods should we use to have higher 'success rate' in
> deactivating network interfaces? Note that I'm at the network
> properties level, so switching off the radio is not an option.
>
> Thanks for comments and tips
>
> regards
>
> Tor

Through the Device Manager should be a sure bet. Another option which
isn't available on all, but through the BIOS (Setup).

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2

BillW50 wrote:

> Through the Device Manager should be a sure bet. Another option which
> isn't available on all, but through the BIOS (Setup).
>

I know that's a last chance, but doesn't it exist any other ways to
force deactivation from the Network connections window?

regards jake

On May 19, 4:42*pm, Jake <jake...@gmail.com> wrote:
> BillW50 wrote:
> > Through the Device Manager should be a sure bet. Another option which
> > isn't available on all, but through the BIOS (Setup).
>
> I know that's a last chance, but doesn't it exist any other ways to
> force deactivation from the Network connections window?
>
> regards jake

It should be noted that if a BIOS happens to have a setting to control
the wireless adapter, there might also be a "physical" button on the
PC (laptop) to turn this off.

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Jake typed on Tue, 19 May 2009 17:42:33 +0200:
> BillW50 wrote:
>
>> Through the Device Manager should be a sure bet. Another option which
>> isn't available on all, but through the BIOS (Setup).
>>
>
> I know that's a last chance, but doesn't it exist any other ways to
> force deactivation from the Network connections window?
>
> regards jake

If it is built in like a laptop, they usually has a switch or a hotkey
to disable them.

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2

"Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> With some computers you cannot deactivate the wireless network adapter (or
> sometimes other adapters too) in Network neighborhood / Properties even if
> the user has administrative permissions.
>
> Either the 'Deactivate' menu item is grayed out and disabled or you may be
> allowed to click it, but shortly after an error dialog pops ut stating
> that it cannot be deactivated due to various reasons.
>
> Which methods should we use to have higher 'success rate' in deactivating
> network interfaces? Note that I'm at the network properties level, so
> switching off the radio is not an option.
>
> Thanks for comments and tips
>
> regards
>
> Tor

Have you tried stopping and disabling the Wireless Zero Configuration
service?

SC Tom