Recent windows 10 update removed wifi functionality

Bigbwb · 09 Mar 2017

Hey guys,
Normally I am able to figure this stuff out on my own but I am stuck! My newer HP desktop running windows 10 was working perfectly yesterday. I shut it down last night, came in this morning and I have no wifi option in my network settings? I could not get the wifi "option" to show up under window settings or anywhere else! The only thing I was able to do is use a ethernet cable for the tie being. How do I fix this? I also tried looking in device manager and no longer see the wifi driver.

Thoughts?

ellellell1 · 09 Mar 2017

Hey Bigwb

Go to your manufactures's driver support page and download the appropriate WiFi driver from there.

Alternatively you could also perform a system restore to the date before the update was installed.

Bigbwb · 10 Mar 2017

ellellell1 said:

Hey Bigwb

Go to your manufactures's driver support page and download the appropriate WiFi driver from there.

Alternatively you could also perform a system restore to the date before the update was installed.

Thanks! I was able to fix it by deleting the "mini" drivers or whatever they were called in the device manager under neath my ethernet card. Then I did as you stated and downloaded/installed the wifi drivers from HP, restarted, and boom! it worked.

ellellell1 · 10 Mar 2017

Bigbwb said:

Thanks! I was able to fix it by deleting the "mini" drivers or whatever they were called in the device manager under neath my ethernet card. Then I did as you stated and downloaded/installed the wifi drivers from HP, restarted, and boom! it worked.

Awesome Job!

Yes, I forgot to mention a full restart was needed to reload the drivers. Make sure to 'Mark this thread as solved' to help others who may have a similar problem

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