Toshiba A660-1 General Problems

Hello there,
My name is Diego and I have had some troubles with my computer lately. I recently did a backup of all my information and reinstalled Windows 7 on my Satellite A660-1 since it was running slow. However I have had some problems since then, I will list them here in case anyone can help me with them.
1) First of all, my top splashboard is not working, I mean the touch sensitive buttons on top of the keyboard where you find the Wifi button, the increase/decrease volume, etc.
2) Until one day ago, my Wifi was working well, I installed the drivers and it was running smothly, however, now my Wifi connection is not working. The computer tells me to "activate the inalambric connection functionality". Since the sensitive buttons do not work I cannot connect the wifi using them. I press "Fn" + F8 and it does not work as well. The strange thing is it was working until yesterday and I did not change anything, there were only Windows Updates that happened when I was turning it off. (Ethernet connection works very well)
3) My touchpad moves the cursor but it does not "click".
4) When I press Alt + Tab it does not change screens, however, when I use "Windows" + Tab it does.
5) When I open the volum control icon on the bottom right the line that marks where the volume is starts moving up and down like crazy. This is just a detail since volume works well, it just called my attention.
Well, this is it (for now ) I am really interested in at least solving point (2) which is the wifi problem, the others are important but not so much. If anyone has any recommendation I would really appreciate it.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Diego
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hello there, I fixed it myself, thanks anyways.
In case anyone has similar problems, I read in another thread something that worked for me.
1) Disconnect Batery and AC Adapter
2) Maintain Power Button 30 seconds without releasing
3) Connect everything
4) Turn on computer
5) When Toshiba screen comes on, quickly press F2
6) Then press F9 - Yes and then F10 - Yes
Hopefully it will work for you too.

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