The laptop stayed on.
We?
The other drivers. The ones that woke up. I looked at my taskbar. The network icon showed full bars. The name: FREE_PUBLIC_WIFI . But below it, in tiny gray text: Connected via other computers . driver 80211n wlan
It was two in the morning. My coffee was cold. My deadline for the server migration notes was tomorrow, and the Ethernet port had died six months ago.
I pulled the power cord. Popped the battery. Counted thirty seconds. Replaced the battery. Opened Device Manager. Saw the yellow triangle. Opened an admin command prompt. The laptop stayed on
The device manager on my old laptop showed a yellow triangle next to “802.11n WLAN Adapter.” Code 10. The driver wouldn’t start.
Access denied.
What gap?