Ellen's laptop has built-in 802.11n-capable wireless NIC. The wireless NIC worked perfectly yesterday when she loaned it to her nerdy friend Tom. Today, she cannot access the Internet via her wireless NIC. The NIC is not visible in Network Connections nor is it visible in Device Manager. What should she assume first?

a. The NIC is disabled in Device Manager
b. The NIC is disabled in CMOS
c. The NIC's hardware switch is set to off
d. The NIC is bad

Answer: b. The NIC is disabled in CMOS

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