How to Enhance and Secure Your Wi-Fi Network

Easy-to-implement strategies for staying connected and secure on a home or public Wi-Fi network.

Becky Waring, PC World

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Enabling/Disabling Wi-Fi in Windows Vista 7 of 18

To enable or disable your Wi-Fi adapter in Vista, open the 'Network and Sharing Center' Control Panel applet and choose 'View status' under 'Connections'. If you use your adapter vendor's software--rather than the Windows Wi-Fi tools--in either XP or Vista, you may need to use that software to turn the adapter on or off.