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Many laptops have a physical switch or button somewhere on the outside of it which allows you to turn the WiFi on or off. This way you can turn it off when you're plugged in and just switch it back on if you're mobile, without having to change around network settings.
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Many laptops have a physical switch or button somewhere on the outside of it which allows you to turn the WiFi on or off. This way you can turn it off when you're plugged in and just switch it back on if you're mobile, without having to change around network settings.

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@Tymetwister Yep, that will work, but some laptops have a touch button and will re-enable at startup ahem*HP*.
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@Tymetwister Yep, that will work, but some laptops have a touch button and will re-enable at startup ahem*HP*.

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Hi, I just got a Dell laptop with Win 7 and the wifi connection is activated (turned on) every time I reboot. &nbsp;I use the Ethernet cable so I would prefer to personally activate the wifi instead. &nbsp;How do I do that?<br />
Thanks
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Hi, I just got a Dell laptop with Win 7 and the wifi connection is activated (turned on) every time I reboot.  I use the Ethernet cable so I would prefer to personally activate the wifi instead.  How do I do that?
Thanks

How to disable wifi at startup

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