Thank you for getting back to me.
I have checked all of that and even gone into command prompt and it advises me that there is no wlan interface present.
Weird thing is when I turn the wifi button on and off I get the audio of it going on and off but t just isn't present. The wifi is broadcasting as I am on my mini laptop via wifi and all be well (on it now) but on the big lappy it just isn't present.