Hi all,

I've got an old Compaq CQ-56 laptop a friend of the family gave me that I just installed Win10 on to use out in my garage where it doesn't matter if it gets some bumps and scrapes and dirt on it. :)

Not a great machine with a single-core AMD V140, but it's surprisingly usable for the normal stuff like web browsing, listening to music, watching Youtube, etc as I work.

My issue is this - on boot, no matter what I do, the WiFi is disabled once Win10 starts. I have to manually use the Fn+F12 keys to disable and then re-enable WiFi every time I start the computer to get the WiFi working again. It works fine after that, but it's quite a bit annoying. Fn+F12 once to disable and then once to enable seems to be the only way I can get it to reconnect properly again. Turning WiFi on and off by clicking the 'WiFi' icon then clicking the 'WiFi button' seems to do nothing. Clicking the 'WiFi' icon after boot just gives me the standard old:

''Wireless Network Connection: Turned Off

Turn Wi-Fi back on:
Manually"

Again, the only way I can get it working is to disable/re-enable with the Fn+F12 keys....anybody have any ideas how to get this working normally again? It was a Win7 laptop originally (it had Win7 on it when it was given to me I upgraded it) and the WiFi worked properly on that, but not with Win10? I've tried upgrading the BIOS, but it's already up to date. I've tried updating the drivers but the same problem persists.

Thoughts would be appreciated! :)