MY HP desktop computer totally loses its wireless ability each day plus its unresponsive
I have HP model #HPE-150f which 8 gb of memory. In reality this computer should be a beast and be quick as heck. However its the slowest machine I have ever used. I just had it looked at by a computer expert. He scanned and cleaned everything u and didnt see anything wrong with it. First of all it constantly loses its wireless icon. Its weird I can do a search and nowhere can it be found. However usually when I restart the computer it shows up again at the bottom right of the screen.Why would this disappear all the time? Why when it is currently not to be found that when I seach wireless access it only says things about an ethernet cable and absolutely nothing about a wireless card?? Very confusing!
Second with all the memory in this computer and it being an i7 processor why is this computer so slow? Why does it hang all the time and then freeze? All we use the computer for is surfing the internet and watching tv shows?
Homestly I ask my daughter why anyone would put up with a lousy machine like this when my 4 year old Apple Imac works so fast and smooth and NEVER have any operting problems??
Come on HP there must be something wrong with this expensive paperweight!
jmbeam,
Seems like a contradiction.
Can you turn off the system, and remove the power cord?
I would like you to look inside, and verify the antenna is attached to the card.
What type of internet do you have? and what speed. Test here
How many computers actively connected to this system?
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