A Windows 7 laptop needed a wireless mini-PCI adapter replaced. Now the laptop cannot get more than one bar of wireless signal strength with only one access point in the area. The three other laptops attach. What is the most likely problem?
A) The antenna connectors were not reattached.
B) The adapter is bad.
C) The wrong security settings were applied to the wireless NIC.
D) The BIOS needs to be flashed.

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The fact that the laptop is only getting one bar of signal strength suggests that the antenna is not picking up the wireless signal properly. This could be due to the replacement adapter's antenna connectors not being reattached properly, resulting in poor reception.

A Windows 7 Laptop Needed a Wireless Mini-PCI Adapter Replaced