[Blindtlk] Sittin Hear Quite Pissed off!

[Cindy Ray]

I don’t have Windows 8 either, but I think I’d just turn off wi-fi mode myself. Having it on means you can’t use bluetooth I think. 

Cindy

On Sep 9, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Steve Jacobson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Good point, thanks for the clarification.  Just to be sure I understand, you go back in and turn on WI-FI and it 
> leaves the cellphone off?  Then I could be wrong about that, although there is still more to this than I really 
> know.  I don't know what Airplane Mode does on a laptop, and I wonder if she needs to specifically turn WI-FI on 
> rather than turning Airplane Mode back on.  Could there be something about Airplane Mode that is causing the 
> system to turn it off again?  I don't have Windows 8.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 08:45:15 -0400, Aleeha Dudley wrote:
> 
>> Airplane mode, at least on my iPhone, does actually turn off Wi-Fi. You can go back and reenable it, but, until 
> you do so, Wi-Fi is turned off when airplane mode is turned on.
> 
>> Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas 
>> Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students
>> Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
>> "The wind of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." Arabian proverb 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Steve Jacobson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Although there is a lot of good advice given as part of this thread, I do not feel that we could really know 
> for 
>>> certain what was happening with her machine.  Did she say what type of computer it was?  Do we know for sure 
> that 
>>> there isn't a touch screen?  Even an active mouse pad can cause things to happen by accident.  I was also a 
> little 
>>> confused by the reference to "airplane" mode.  To my knowledge, Airplane Mode on a phone shuts off the 
> cellphone 
>>> transmitter but not the WI-FI transmitter and receiver.  I am therefore not sure why Airplane Mode would 
>>> necessarily hurt anything in her case.  It could be a default setting if one doesn't have a card that uses the 
>>> cellphone network.  There are any number of reasons she can't connect to the internet.  One possible scenario 
> is 
>>> that there is a key combination that turns off her wireless that she is hitting without knowing that is what is 
>>> happening.  For example, on some new laptops, the function keys often default to controlling the computer 
> rather 
>>> than being passed through to the application.  One has to press function keys with the "FN" key to get them to 
> do 
>>> their original thing.  Usually a function key is assigned to turning on and off the wireless transmitter.  One 
> can 
>>> change this to restore their original operation.  However, even when that is the case, one can accidentally 
> press 
>>> FN along with a function key when one intends to press the Control key.  Some machines have a physical switch 
> or 
>>> button to turn off wireless as well.  I just think we need to be careful to be sure we have all the facts 
> before 
>>> we tell someone that all they have to do is to reinstall Windows or do a system restore.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Steve Jacobson
>>> performing function key 
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 23:34:46 -0600, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire via blindtlk wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I figure as long as a Windows8 program CD is still around, it should be able to be put into the drive of the 
> lab
>>> top and if I am correct, but can't be sure on this one, I would think there would be a Windows8 repair section.
>>>> Unfortunately, I am using the Old-Timer Windows XP which is no longer in existance and nor does Microsoft have
>>> anymore security patches for it since July, 2014.
>>>> I am probably not going to upgrade my desktop computer as I'm planning on getting an IPhone and will probably 
> be
>>> doing way more on that.
>>>> Of course, I will still keep my Comcast phone and internet service, more the internet as a back up.
>>>> Danielle,
>>>> If you can, try to do your best to keep us posted and hopefully we do have some computer techies on the list 
> that
>>> probably know more than myself.
>>>> Guess I'd better start reading the Dumby Series at the library.
>>>> *Wowoooooollllll*
>>>> I'd probably learn something from it that I may not have yet.
>>>> Have a good night everyone.
>>>> Bibi and MAR son Odie
>>>> orleans24 at comcast.net
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