[resolved] Quickly enable/disable Wireless Card

DUFFLover · 07-17-2005, 01:08 AM

I'm use to my Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG on my laptop which allows u to quickly enable/disable wireless (and without doing the whole disable/enable delay through Windows device manager).
I'm on a desktop with a MSI PC54G2 PCI Wireless and I'd like to know if there's an MSI (doubt it) or generic tool which lets you do the same thing?

I don't mind having to go disabling it using Windows but then it disappears from the taskbar and you then have to navigate to device manager to re-enable it.

The reason why I want to disable is cos I want to garuntee no interruptions, Alt-Tabbing (and I suppose extra security) when I play a game.

DUFFLover · 07-17-2005, 02:12 AM

Solved: I learnt about DevCon utility which is like a command line version of device manager. I've then gone off and created a simple program which enables or disables the wireless card just by running the program.

07-17-2005, 01:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
DUFFLover Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 18 OS: Windows XP	Quickly enable/disable Wireless Card I'm use to my Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG on my laptop which allows u to quickly enable/disable wireless (and without doing the whole disable/enable delay through Windows device manager). I'm on a desktop with a MSI PC54G2 PCI Wireless and I'd like to know if there's an MSI (doubt it) or generic tool which lets you do the same thing? I don't mind having to go disabling it using Windows but then it disappears from the taskbar and you then have to navigate to device manager to re-enable it. The reason why I want to disable is cos I want to garuntee no interruptions, Alt-Tabbing (and I suppose extra security) when I play a game. __________________ "Duffman, could you bring in two bottles of smooth, untainted DUFF?" "Oh Yeah!"

07-17-2005, 02:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
DUFFLover Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 18 OS: Windows XP	Solved: I learnt about DevCon utility which is like a command line version of device manager. I've then gone off and created a simple program which enables or disables the wireless card just by running the program. __________________ "Duffman, could you bring in two bottles of smooth, untainted DUFF?" "Oh Yeah!"