If you model has the optional wireless card installed.
To check, click Start - Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager - expand Network Adapters and if the wireless card is not listed then you don't have a wireless card.
If there is a wireless card and it has a yellow ? against it then the wireless card driver was not installed. In this case -
You can download the drivers from the Compaq/HP WEBsupport/download page. Make sure you select your model laptop and the XP orVista Windows version of the drivers you require and install them. Click onthis link to download the drivers: -
www.compaq.com/country/cpq_support.html
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