help with turning on infrared sensor on my Inspiron 4000

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by bcm, Aug 24, 2009.

  1. bcm

    bcm Private First Class

    im having an issue activating my infrared sensor. I manage to find the hardware icon in the device mngr, but do not see an icon on the desk top tool bar or an indication that it's on...Help
    I'm running win xp.
     
    bcm, Aug 24, 2009
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  2. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Hi bcm,

    Have you tried manually activating the Infrared form the Control Panel?
     
    satrow, Aug 25, 2009
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  3. thesmokingun

    thesmokingun MajorGeek

    do you have a hotkey on your keyboard or anything? fyi, my lenovo/ibm laptop's infrared is always on by default.
     
    thesmokingun, Aug 26, 2009
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  4. bcm

    bcm Private First Class

    Two answer both question: There is no keys to activate the sensor, and what is the program title in the control?
     
    bcm, Aug 27, 2009
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  5. satrow

    satrow Major Geek Extraordinaire

    An old page from MS describes accessing infrared via Control Panel.

    You need also to check in Device Manager, if it has been disabled there, it will need re-enabling.

    PS - check in the BIOS to ensure it's turned on, too :)
     
    satrow, Aug 27, 2009
    #5

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