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I have an odd combination of issues with my acer nitro 5 spin 2019 laptop -

I seem to have the airplane mode issue that is frequently identified. When my computer hibernates (when I close the screen), and I turn it back on, I find that it is stuck in airplane mode. When I try to turn it off, the ability to do so is greyed out. I can't even access other menus related to the wifi and network settings when this happens, the only fix that works is restarting the computer. At this point, I'm restarting 1-2 times per day, every time I move somewhere with my laptop. I have updated all drivers and have updated the computer itself to the most recent updates as of 1/20/2020.

The computer also regularly experiences failures when I shut it while it has low battery. I find the battery dies, I get Kernel-Power failure errors, and I have to restart after a blue screen error. No idea why this has happened, updated everything and removed possible malware.

Whats going on? Are these related?

StupidQuestionGuy
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  • Are you able to remove Airplane Mode? It has caused me more grief than help and I removed the plan and use Balanced. Secondly consider turning off Hibernate and use Suspend instead. I do this things, Suspend lasts all day, no crashes, and I turn my laptop off at night and start up the next day – John Jan 20 '20 at 15:42
  • Thats a good idea - how do I remove it? I've been using balanced, and I guess I was slightly unclear - I meant when my computer sleeps at all this is happening – StupidQuestionGuy Jan 20 '20 at 16:45
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    Open an admin command prompt. Type POWERCFG /LIST and note / print the results. Note the GUID of the Airplane Mode. Then type POWERCFG /DELETE {GUID of Airplane} and Enter. List the power plans again and it should be gone. – John Jan 20 '20 at 16:51

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A workaround: make a .reg file to change the state of Airplane Mode. Copy the script below, or go to the key SystemRadioState in Regedit and export it. Change 00000000 to 00000001 to turn Airplane Mode on.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\RadioManagement\SystemRadioState]
@=dword:00000000
DrMoishe Pippik
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