My pavilion dv2418nr wireless switch light stays orange

My pavilion dv2418nr wireless switch light stays orange, will not go to blue, will not recognize any surrounding neighborhood connections. ISP says the router is fine, that it is the laptop switch not allowing the wireless card to read any connections. HP tech had me connect the Ethernet cord from the router to the laptop....I got on internet fine...however, that's a hard connect. Has anyone had this problem with their switch? i think until that little light turns blue I'm out of luck. Thanks for you help
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Hi,
You're welcome, glad it helped
Regarding the Touchpad, download the latest Synaptics Driver Installer on the link below and save it to your Downloads folder.
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp37001-37500/sp37065.exe
Next, open windows Control Panel, open Programs and Features, right click the entry for 'Synaptics Pointing Device Driver' and select Uninstall. When this has completed, restart the notebook.
When windows has fully reloaded, open your Downloads folder, right click on the Synaptics installer and select 'Run as Administrator' to start the installation. When this has completed, restart the notebook again and see if this has helped.
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