petieoc,  Still guessing you have Windows 7...  Make a system restore point. That way if this doesn't work, you can come back to what you have.  Go to Drivers & Downloads and enter your service tag number. Download the drivers for your wireless adapter and save them to your desktop.  Start, control panel, device manager, network.  Right click on your adapter, left click uninstall. Tell it to remove the drivers, also.  When it's done, restart your computer. When you log in to the unrestricted account, then new hardware wizard should find the adapter. Go to device manager to see if it installed properly. If it installed properly, you won't need the drivers. If it didn't install properly, then install the drivers.  Uninstalling, then reinstalling the adapter, the wireless icon should reappear in the system tray.   Rick
hi i have a wired icon on my screen instead of a wireless one. how can i change this?  
wireless icon