How do i tell if my computer is wireless enabled?

[BibiThree]

My brother has given us his computer, only 2 months old and as our laptop has gone kaput, we're trying to get the pc to go wireless, as our router is int he livingroom and we don't want a hulking great pc in there!

There aren't any books that I can find and bro doesn't know!

Thanks!"!

PC's normally are not wireless enabled... if you are using XP.. goto STARt> CONNECT TO > SHOW ALL CONNECTIONS and you can see what is available..

I am betting you will just see a wired connection

Good luck

Okay thanks, that's really helpful actually. I'll not bash my head against the pc much more then!

Is there a way of making them wireless compatible?

Thanks

if there is not a card then you can purchase a USB wireless module or an internal PCI woreless card..

There are loads on Amazon for between £10-£30

Let me know if you need more info

You can get a wireless adapter which plugs in to a USB slot - they're not very expensive - we have this one for one of our pcs

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Thank You