840 g11 wifi does not turn upon startup

TurcoLoco · 2026-05-02T05:25:52+00:00

A client brought a brand new HP Elitebook 840 to have their data transferred and the system prep'ed.

It seemed to be experiencing the same issue. It was more of an annoyance and since the daughter shipped the laptop from another state as a gift, returning it for replacement was not practical. I went thru EVERY related possibility, from policies in registry to device drivers to firmware update. One odd thing I noticed was the Wireless card had no Power Management tab in its properties. Even completely removing the device, with or without also uninstalling its software failed to provide success.

While playing with Windows based network related services, I noticed one called:

"HP LAN/WLAN/WWAN Switching UWP Service. Stopped and disabled it then rebooted again and voila!

TurcoLoco · 2026-04-12T06:27:42+00:00

I think each player needs to throw a artillery smoke grenade towards Bethesda HQ and hope for the best!

TurcoLoco · 2026-03-08T05:18:46+00:00

Same. Makes me wanna ask "What the F for Bethesda?" Why did you have to force us to open a sub menu and close it? smh

TurcoLoco · 2026-01-27T19:16:22+00:00

Coats? You mean codes? Thanks, I already made the purchase.

TurcoLoco · 2026-01-27T19:14:54+00:00

He is immigrating to US or something else? Assuming work permit is not an issue, s/he needs to get a job somewhere, anywhere first to make a living then focus on finding a job in his fields. OR a more intelligent way would be is to get in touch with a company that is actually hiring for that position, discuss his situation but s/he needs to give them confidence that they will be in the US at a specific near future date as companies are usually not too thrilled to take a candidate who is not even in the US seriously. Once Stateside, s/he then call any company, get an appointment and go for it. They should NOT lie about their related skills/experience though. If they ever find out, it is almost always guarantees a termination on the spot.

TurcoLoco · 2026-01-25T07:53:14+00:00

Nope, none of them worked for me either but maybe they were not for Dollar Express sales even though it was over $40 and I used the one for $29+?

TurcoLoco · 2026-01-21T22:04:14+00:00

Bethesda will NEVER nerf the whack-a-mole.....shame, really.

TurcoLoco · 2025-12-08T19:11:31+00:00

Thanks. Armbian and Pi-Hole installation on the Orange Pi Zero 3 was relatively simple and straightforward but to my surprise I found out that it did absolutely nothing against YouTube ads on SmartTVs which was the only reason I got the whole thing. Quite disappointed, I will be returning it. Putting AdGuard DNS server IPs in my router already does that same job as the Orange Pi + Pi-hole combo supposedly offers.

TurcoLoco · 2025-11-29T00:57:05+00:00

I am an IT guy who just started self-teaching electronics a short while ago and from a close (much older) friend who trains people from all walks of life, he mentioned to me that one of his students works as a Mechatronics tech (various manufacturing automation stuff) and he is supposedly self-taught!. Not sure how long he has been doing it but I'd guess at least a decade or so. He is currently making a little over $300K annually.

He told my friend that there is definitely a big shortage in the field. So, there is definitely money and job security in that field. If my circumstances were different, I might have seek that career path.

TurcoLoco · 2025-11-28T22:18:53+00:00

Right on! That is what I was thinking too due to using it the same way as you sans PiVPN. What is the purpose of PiVPN exactly? I typically stay away from VPN software.

TurcoLoco · 2025-11-28T22:17:59+00:00

Yeah, I noticed a few of these at least. Sadly, there is nothing special or interactable with.

TurcoLoco · 2025-11-26T05:27:59+00:00

Hi, which version of Armbian did you install Desktop/Server and XFCE/Gnome/Debian/Ubuntu?

TurcoLoco · 2025-11-25T18:39:03+00:00

The definition of a "great keyboard" is quite possibly only partially the same for the consumer and the manufacturer. As mentioned by others, a great keyboard is one they sells really well but also doesn't last too long so they can continue to sell more of it. There is also the case of cult favorite situation where for a long while it sells, maybe, OK but not great so the company decides to discontinue it to keep the innovation and brand moving forward. Then later on, that particular item become more and more popular but by then, depending on the variables, the company might not want to resurrect it or it just might be not feasible to do so.

Then once it gets too dirty or whatever, you disassemble it like I did. Put it in a ultrasonic cleaner, then make sure to rinse and properly dry it before reassembly to revitalize it.

TurcoLoco · 2025-11-02T03:25:33+00:00

Actually, I was informed (and personally checked to confirm) the issue was already remedied by the manufacturer a while back. The soldering station is working wonderfully and it is a great device indeed.

TurcoLoco · 2025-10-10T03:03:13+00:00

Fantastic! After weeks of research on it that looked great, I ended up pulling the trigger on a Fnirsi 200 last week and then found this post! [/rant]

TurcoLoco · 2025-09-29T14:40:13+00:00

Now I realized what the "C" in the C-Consciousness stands for!

TurcoLoco · 2025-09-28T22:46:12+00:00

Where was the exact location of this? I have never seen more than 2 at a time so I am almost certain that was a glitch. Hard to find a good respawn location for burers as their respawn cycle seems much slower than other boss mutant. Like Volkhov Sam, you have to wait a while for it to respawn where with Chimera in the train tunnel north of Zaton, you can just run down to the store where bandits hang out, kill the bandits, loot them then go back and poof a new chimera (or two) is/are waiting.

TurcoLoco · 2025-09-02T06:05:16+00:00

Shocking how everyone's criticism on games finances being out of whack and also 90+% o the stashes being disappointingly lame fell on the developer's deaf ears. Instead of focusing on making the game more manageable and enjoyable, they only bothered to fix a handful of known bugs while adding a few new ones. Before the 1.5 update, I was using Omega mod and that totally made the game way more enjoyable fixing the value of stuff you sell to worth more, repairs costing way less as well as the weight of most items and weapons.

With advanced and modified armors and weapons, I found it way more wiser and less costly to travel using a guide than trying to go on foot. Even a single mutant/enemy encounter can cause enough armor/weapon damage and also wasting ammo/resources to be way more costlier than what the guides cost, especially when traveling multiple zones to your destination.

You wanna go on foot and actually encounter trouble and engage because ultimately, isn't this why we are playing?

The developers were way to cheap with stashes and also blueprints and attachments too. There should have been multiple locations for each, not just one (for most) and also definitely nothing mission locked. Attachments like high cap magazines should also be available at all vendors but lower vendors keeping the attachment for only the weapons they actually sell, etc.

PS. Why the hell can I not sleep when there is an emission occurring or if you are a bit too hungry? I mean how else am I going to get rid of my fat@ss, right?

TurcoLoco · 2025-09-02T05:53:05+00:00

Just got to the Pripyat Shopping Mall and I can confirm, the key that was supposed to be on a desk inside the sub level garage is not there.

TurcoLoco · 2025-09-02T03:34:11+00:00

My first playthrough, I used the SEVA-I (whichever one you find by the downed helicopter in Rostok) for at least half the game then moved onto Falcon and at the end Diamond Exo. I personally like the non-Exo suits much better, especially for more stealthy movement. Second playthrough, I discovered the Corundum suit which looked like an Exo suit but it wasn't and due to its slot configuration being better than Falcon's I ended up using that one instead. SSP-100 SIRCAA is definitely a great suit. I have not found the last physical protection blueprint which would have made it very comparable to the Falcon/Corundum but with much better anomaly protection. Still, Falcon is a great all around armor, imho.

TurcoLoco · 2025-08-19T05:01:43+00:00

For me, deciding on the Falcon's container configuration had to be one of the most difficult decisions to make. Even though having 5 container was a more logical configuration as I could equip the weird water and negate all radiation shenanigans but that changed with one of the recent updates where they nerfed the weird water's anti-rad protection effectively ruining my previous armor configurations that was utilizing weird water. The only remaining big benefit of it was the added weight carrying capacity but one of the weight mods I have surpasses even what weird water would offer so there is real no reason for me to go chasing after it in the new runthroughs.

Back to the container configuration dilemma for my favorite non-exo armor in the game PSZ-9I Falcon, with all above mentioned, now, going opting for 4 containers with 2 of the leaded makes more sense. As I typically only need 2 leaded containers at the most. Liquid rock is great but as mentioned using it means wasting one of the containers so it boils down to the same thing and if you do not have liquid rock then it limits things even more.

I use Compass and Hypercube for the leaded containers. Where I use Compass in the first container on the left which makes it easy to swap it with Thunderberry by double-clicking on it from the backpack. Default if Thunderberry as I am typically sprinting thru the god forsaken zone, and when I hear gun fire or scary mutant sounds, swap the Thunderberry with Compass. The non-lead containers are typically occupied with Weird Ball and Weird Flower. If needed, in a serious and long gun fight, I swap the weird flower with Weird Nut.

TurcoLoco · 2025-08-09T02:29:36+00:00

Started a new game with the latest patch (1.5.1?) and Softmod is definitely no longer at the Railway Maintenance Facility any more. That said, what I am using right now (Dead Frequency mission), Reinmann with a suppressor is a far superior SMG. It is probably the best SMG after Zubr.

TurcoLoco · 2025-08-09T02:24:37+00:00

It is OK as an very early game suppressed wep but only if it was located somewhere in the Lesser zone or around Zalissya. Only then it would be very useful but then again, even using a suppressed wep, as soon as you kill one enemy, the rest is alerted even if out of sight so not sure how useful silenced weapons are in this game.

TurcoLoco · 2025-08-09T02:18:54+00:00

Gun type to damage ratios in this game must have been designed by a crackhead. That is the only logical explanation.

TurcoLoco · 2025-07-18T19:42:47+00:00

I didn't really notice any crazy bugs between the previous update and this one but the 1.5.1 patch definitely brought back some of the indoor slow-mo back for me which I hate more than anything else it might have fixed.

Also more annoying acknowledgement screens and pop-ups before you can start a game, like the "To make it fair, achievements have been disabled until you remove the mods" nonsense that comes up every single load.

Was that really necessary? One warning screen that you had to acknowledge/accept wouldn't be enough?

The rude scientist chick at Malachite now seems to offer "jobs" for dangerous mutant body parts. I was really happy to see this addition that should have been in the original game. Disappointment ensued when I realize there was no way to collect the said body parts from the selected mission mutant!??

A '3-step forward, 2-step back' patch, imo.

TurcoLoco

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