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Please help, wifi disappears from Windows 10 computer
For the past couple of days my laptop completely removes wifi as a network option from my computer. On my phone it says it's connected but it's not working and it doesn't exist. When i troubleshoot the program it just says that the cable isn't connected but i dont have a cable.. i only use house/phone wifi and it never made an issue before.
Every time something else fixes the problem. Sometimes i need to disable and enable the plugin, sometimes the plugin doesn't even exist so i have to do something else like scan for hardware changes in the network adapter. Sometimes troubleshooting fixes it but the problem always comes back and sometimes multiple times within just a couple of minutes. Restarting fixes it for a bit but then it goes off again.
It's getting really tiring, does anyone know the reason behind this?
I'm on Windows 10 and not planning to switch to 11, it has been like this for years and i haven't had any issues up until 3 days ago and i didn't download or change anything on the computer in that period..
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Looks like you're missing the wireless adapter.
Check in the Device Manager, if you've any wireless adapter, under Network adapters listed and is working properly (no yellow warning icon).
If none of wireless adapter is listed there or having warning, you need to install latest wireless adapter/driver from your device manufacturer's website.
When the adapter disappears as if it was never there, it's usually because Windows has either lost communication with the hardware or shut it off to save power . The fact that restarting (which fully resets the hardware) fixes it temporarily is the biggest clue.
