I have an HP 14-r003la running Windows 10. The keys on the top (the Fx keys) have additional functions, such as changing the screen brigthness or the volume. F12 happens to be the key that toggles WiFi.
Today I turned the laptop on and the LED on the F12 key was red, so WiFi was disabled. This was confirmed by the fact that Windows was letting me know that no Ethernet cable was connected (i.e. it wasn't looking for wireless networks). I pressed F12 but, to my surprise, this toggled the airplane mode, not the WiFi. I had never come across this absurd behaviour.
Is there another way to toggle WiFi on again?
Things tried:
- If on airplane mode I switch it off manually (i.e. using the task bar), WiFi still doesn't work (the icon where WiFi signal should appear just shows the Ethernet disconnected icon).
- WiFi doesn't appear in the notifications menu either. It's like WiFi has left no trace on the laptop, so I'm thinking that it's not just disabled, but something else happened.