For some reason my laptop has gone into airplane mode, and won't come out of it (I'm writing this from my PC). It means I can't access the internet or anything external and is a bloody nuisance!
The usual way to put it back would be to go via settings > network and internet > airplane mode and simply switch it off via the little slider, but it's greyed out and won't respond, whether I am in 'user' or 'administrator' mode.
I've searched the internet for advice, and obviously I'm not alone in having the problem. A range of solutions are suggested, most or all of which I've tried, from simply holding down a couple of keys together, to system restore (which I couldn't do - no recent restore points, apparently), to system reset. As expected, the last deleted most of the applications on the computer (but no matter, they could be set up again), but it was still stuck in bloody airplane mode!
It's a Dell Latitude E6230 laptop running Win10. Bought as 'reconditioned' about five years ago to serve a particular purpose for which it doesn't get used much now.It's probably getting on for ten years old and the contrast on the screen is now poor.
Before I start stripping it down to remove the SSD that I put in when I first got it, and then ditching the carcass, can anyone suggest how I might try one more time to get it unlocked from airplane mode?