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August 17th, 2018 01:00
Dell Inspiron 15 3542 wifi issue
I have a dell inspiron 15 3542 that started at windows 8.1 I had upgraded it to windows 10 during to time that it was free to upgrade to and the last few months it hasn't been letting me use the wifi on it I've completely unisnstalled the driver and installed it again multiple times I've recently replaced the wireless card and I've hit the FN+print screen combo at least a hundred times now but nothing seems to work I try to turn it on manually it'll turn on for a second then immediately turn itself back off.
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DELL-Jesse L
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August 17th, 2018 04:00
GOD312,
Did you install all the Windows 10 drivers in the system when you upgraded to Windows 10? The printscrn does not turn on the wifi in Windows 10. That just copies information to the clipboard. You would need to go to start-settings, network and internet to configure the wifi and other network settings. To turn the wifi on you would click the network settings on the taskbar and choose your network. Make sure that Airplane mode is not selected. Below are some links to help you resolve the issue.
Dell Inspiron 3542 Drivers, Downloads and Manuals
Networking,Wifi and Bluetooth
Troubleshooting Wireless Network Issues in Windows 10
GOD312
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August 17th, 2018 09:00
I installed all the windows 10 drivers when I updated as well ss after I had reset it and I had uninstalled the airplane mode driver because it would force the airplane mode on and would shur off both the wifi and bluetooth ever since it had started that back in december of last year the wifi hasn't worked regardless of if I go into settings to try to turn it on or on the taskbar the wireless refuses to turn on
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August 20th, 2018 05:00
GOD312,
Uninstall the wifi and network drivers, Reboot the computer and then download and install the chipset drivers. Reboot the computer again and when it comes back up install the network and wifi drivers. Look at the link in my post above for information about networking, wifi and Bluetooth.
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February 12th, 2020 07:00
Had the same issue with fresh install of Windows 10 V1809. Still the same after update to V1909. Disabled the 'driver signature enforcement' and wifi works ok. Until the next time the laptop is shut down or rebooted. There seems to be no permanent way to disable this enforcement. Tried several driver versions from Dell, the same.