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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ben Goodger wrote: > On 11/07/06, *Mark Evans* <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'd like to be able to configure Windows laptops so that the wireless > interface is switched on only when there is no ethernet connection. > Whilst Windows has the ability to switch network interfaces on and > off purely by software and has "media sense" to detect if a network > cable is connected there appears to be no obvious way to have the latter > control the former. > > With UNIX-based systems this sort of thing would be fairly easy, but > since Windows is > Windows I wouldn't even know where to start. > > > Agreed. But Freedom® and propriety have nothing to do with it. > Have you tried one of the many LolForumz where Windows users ask each Wouldn't know where to find these. > other this sort of question? > Google, maybe? All I could find is the registry key to turn "media sense" on and off, rather than getting it to do something more useful than changing a taskbar icon. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtAs7soRLMhsZpFcRArHbAJ4u6N3Cc+b2iAJ0GRCA+Kdiv0Z9PgCgiW57 T27hpHveOGLeBBUA/sbcKZI= =H9Ma -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html