Updating Wireless or WLAN (wireless local area network) on Laptops

If the laptop is not detecting the wireless follow these steps to update:

Right click on "My Computer"
Click on "Manage"
4On the left menu, choose "Device Manager"
On the right, expand the menu for "Network Adapters"
There should be 4 different entries, look for anything that either has "wireless" or "WLAN" in the name
Right click on the entry and then choose "Update Driver"

Credit for these instructions go to Brian Wood:)