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Wireless question - Thinkpad R51

I bought a refurbished IBM Thinkpad R51 running XP. The wireless connection works fine, but it is on all the time. I do not know how to get to the IBM support because the blue Access IBM button does not work either. I downloaded and installed that program but it does not work.

- i do not know how to turn the wireless off
- i cannot connect via ethernet cable, the system ignores ethernet and reverts to wireless.

Thanks!

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Just go to the network connections and disable the wireless whenever u dont need wireless..... and check the ethernet drivers are installed or not..from device manager

U can download new version drivers from ibm site..

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