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My laptop's keyboard is broken so I'm using an external USB keyboard. The problem is that Windows 7 seems to think that my WiFi switch (which I'm thinking is some key combo on the broken laptop keyboard I have torn off) is engaged in the OFF position. I know that it's possible to override this switch because the internal wireless adapter IS working fine in Ubuntu. However, I can't seem to find a way to forcefully override the no longer existing switch in Windows 7. Is that even possible?

I have tried to press the WiFi switch key combo (F2 with modifiers) from the USB keyboard to no avail, and there's no override option in the BIOS.

Notebook make and model: ASUS K53Z

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Emanuel Landeholm
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From the images on that page it looks like your WiFi enable key is the F2 key. Its the key with a little antenna icon.

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You will either need to press that key alone or press and hold the Fn key (the one to the left of the start button) then press F2.

Either that or look for a key with a similar icon on it on your function key set and try it with and without your Fn key.

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