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After 1511 November update, no WiFi (red X on icon).
I had my major update installed yesterday, and the only way how I managed to do that was by letting Windows delete all existing system files and drivers.
Now that I've got everything else installed back after a whole day's work, I have a problem with my Wifi driver. To be clear, it worked on my previous Win10 version last night.
The device manager says I have Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11 b|g|n WiFi Adapter, with no yellow exclamation mark. However, the WiFi symbol shows the red and white X icon when I try to connect. Looking at the event log on device manager, there is a line:
Device PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_3040103C&REV_01\4&798c88b&0&0028 requires further installation.
Funny thing is. I'm almost sure that my WiFi network card isn't Qualcomm at all, but made by Broadcom. That's what I get when I attempt to download drivers from my manufacturer's website (HP) They have it as sp44923 installation pack there. The package consists of bcmwl6.inf file and others, which directly point at Broadcom, not Qualcomm.
Because it worked last night, I would assume you could just point the device manager to Have disk, then point to c:\Windows.old\Windows\system32 but that does not work. Neither does any of the other locations I've tried. System insists it does not either find driver or that it is already up to date. As Qualcomm. Which it isn't.
I need to get my WifFi running again. Help me out. Thank you.