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"Can't connect to this network." "Media disconnected" no networking hardware detected
most laptops have a small button somewhere on them that can be used to turn on/of WIFI and other radio devices such as Bluetooth.
did you check if yours got one?
HotCakeX: Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, it's the first thing I checked, as I've done it before. Last laptop had an "open" key for network disconnect (you could hit it and no network); this one you have to hit "Fn" plus the key, so it's a lot harder to do accidentally; it's a good feature that all laptops should have, in my opinion.
Of late, when this stupid "can't connect to this network" (which is about as informative as nothing at all) occurs, usually after an "update," power-cycling the laptop seems to clear it up. I don't know if that's the "fix" for the problem, or what might have changed, but that never worked before. It's done this since I opened the box; day one, I had to call Dell support to get wireless internet back. Not impressed, Dell... not impressed.
- That must be annoying as hell.
I have an old Sony laptop (from 2010-2011) that I always keep updated and install every new Windows 10 version as soon as they come out on it (currently version 1909)
So I wanted to ask which version of Windows 10 are you using?HotCakeX: System says it's running version 1809, build # 17763.914. I don't bother to chase the updates, as this thing is always updating itself whether I want it to or not. Some things are so slow to load (Win10 being one of them) that I generally just shut the lid and leave it on, and pick up where I left off when I want to use it next. I can tell when it's updated, because when I go to use it, I'm looking at a Linux log-in screen (dual-boot system, Win 10 & Linux Mint, defaults to Linux.) Mostly I use Windows for gaming, don't have a whole lot of use for it otherwise; it's rude, intrusive, and thinks it owns my PC. Linux is far more polite and does it's thing in the background, transparently, when it needs to do something... a lesson Microsoft could and should take to heart.
Doesn't look like your Windows owns your computer nor does it update on its own though..
Because it let you install a different OS and also right now the latest build is 1909 and each one (1903 and 1909) brought so much more features and fixes with themselves.
the only OS that thinks it owns your computer is Mac OSX.
