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A user is on a business trip with a company issued Windows 7 laptop and is unable to connect to corporate WLAN. To temporarily reconfigure the settings, which of the following must the technician…

The correct answer is A. Start/Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center/Change Adapter Settings/Wireless Network. To reconfigure wireless adapter settings in Windows 7, the correct path is Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings, which opens the Network Connections window listing all adapters including the wireless NIC. From there the technician can right-click…

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A user is on a business trip with a company issued Windows 7 laptop and is unable to connect to corporate WLAN. To temporarily reconfigure the settings, which of the following must the technician must access?

Options

  • AStart/Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center/Change Adapter Settings/Wireless Network
  • BStart/Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center/Manage Wireless Networks/Profile Types
  • CStart/Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center/Manage Wireless Networks/Add/Create an ad
  • DStart/Control Panel/Network and Sharing Center/Manage Wireless Networks/Add/Manually create

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    87% (26)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

To reconfigure wireless adapter settings in Windows 7, the correct path is Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings, which opens the Network Connections window listing all adapters including the wireless NIC. From there the technician can right-click the wireless adapter to access its properties and adjust settings. 'Manage Wireless Networks' is used to add or reorder saved network profiles, not to change adapter-level configuration. 'Profile Types' manages roaming profiles. While 'Manually create a network profile' (option D) can add a new SSID, it does not allow reconfiguring existing adapter settings directly.

Topics

#WLAN configuration#Windows 7 networking#wireless adapter#network settings

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