Wifi card not detected in Safe Mode with Networking

Well mine is Windows 10 Pro and I just did a Fresh Start two days ago, so I guess that´s the best Ill get......airplane mode icon no wifi possibility.....it sucks!
Thank you so!

Hmmm, it should work on Win10 Pro, but it might be one them Group Policy rules. Can you turn the Airplane Mode off/on ?

My version is also Win 10 Pro and it did work. I had two icons showing at the bottom, one was the WiFi icon the other was the Airplane mode icon. The Wifi icon was on, the Airplane icon was dark.

Thanks :)

Hey philc43,
Not sure it makes any difference, but do you have your Ethernet Adapter Disabled ?

dreamhouse said:

That was a fantastic question....because actually I cannot see any ethernet adpaters in this DELL....I bought it a month ago and never realiozed it didnt show an ethernet adpater...went to device manager and there is no ethernet adpater showing there...only wifi and bluetooth...can that be?:

Yea, it could be. Kinda makes sense, seeing that Safe Mode with Networking doesn't automatically detect WiFi, but with an Ethernet Adapter you can at least get to your WiFi Network to connect.

Note: My laptop does have an Ethernet Adapter, but I have it disabled since I rarely use it.

BTW: What's the model of that Dell Laptop.

Hey dreamhouse,
This is a long shot and I have not tested it, but you might try adding a virtual Ethernet Adapter. My thought being, as long as Safe Mode with Networking sees an Ethernet Adapter it might let you then connect to your WiFi network.
1. Device Manager > Action > Add Legacy Hardware > Next
2. Select > Install the hardware that I manually select from list (Advanced) > Next
3. Select > Network Adapters > Next
4. On the Left Select > Microsoft
5. On the Right Select > Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter > Next

Note: Whether this works or not, you can always remove it :)

Edit: I should've been a bit more clear ... I did actually add the Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter and it shows in Control Panel > Network & Sharing > Change Adapters Settings, but I can't actually test it in Safe Mode with Networking since I have an Ethernet Adapter.