Hey what's going on guys Sandeep here and
sometimes the Wi-Fi adapter on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 might disappear and you can't
connect to any Wi-Fi network, as you can see that I am not getting any Wi-Fi network here on this
Windows 10. Even if you go to settings, network and internet settings, and then Wi-Fi option is
not available here. It is disappeared, and if you go to the list of all network adapters then you
can see that Wi-Fi adapter is not available here So in this video, you
will find different ways to
get back missing Wi-Fi adapter on your Windows 10 or Windows 11. Just stick to the last and follow
all these steps and any of these methods should help you to fix the problem. I have created this
video on Windows 10, but it will work on Windows 11 as well since Windows 11 has similar options.
Now the first thing you can do is install the Wi-Fi adapter from the device manager, go to search
and search for Device manager and open this option expand the network adap
ters option and if you
can find your Wi-Fi adapter listed here, then it is easy to fix but if it is missing from the
network adapters as well then you have to follow more workarounds. In this case, the Wi-Fi adapter
is missing from the network adapters as well. Now just click on view option and show hidden
devices, and if you see your Wi-Fi adapter listed here then, you have to select it and right-click on
it, let's say this one is the hidden Wi-Fi network adapter then you have to select it
and then right
click, update driver click on Browse my computer for drivers, and then select Let me pick from a list
of available drivers on my computer. At this screen you might see an option to select your driver but
if you see this kind of screen, then scroll down to find network adapters and select it, and
then click on next. You will get this option, if there are more than one driver, select the
latest one, check the date and click on next. Now it will install the Wi-Fi driver now cli
ck
on Action Tab and then scan for Hardware changes it might install the missing Wi-Fi adapter on
your PC, check if you are able to get the Wi-Fi networks or not if not, go to the action tab again
and then click on Add Legacy Hardware; now click on next and then select this option, install the
hardware that I manually select, click on next now you have to scroll down to find network
adapter and select it click on next option and then you have to select the manufacturer, it
might be Intel,
Atheros or Broadcom if you know the manufacturer you have to select it and then from
the right-hand side, select the network driver if you know the model of your network driver, then you
can select it from here but if you don't know then you can search on Google for the network driver
details for your laptop or PC then select it once selected click on next option to install
the driver .In most cases you will be confused that which driver I need to select, then no
worries even I have selecte
d the wrong driver you can see that yellow exclamation mark that
means it is an incompatible driver, so don't worry we will manually install the driver
later on in this video. Now the next thing you can do is use the network troubleshooter, go
to start and then Settings, Network and internet option and then click on Troubleshoot option,
in Windows 11, the interface might be different select all network adapters and then click on next
the network troubleshooter might detect and fix the probl
em for you or give you an option to fix
the problem. In the windows 11, the interface is different but you have to find and run the network
troubleshooter let it run and detect the problem if the windows troubleshooter can find and fix the
problem then good otherwise follow the next method For this method, we are going
to check for Network related Services, go to search and search
for Services and open this app Now look for WWAN Autoconfig and WLAN Autoconfig find and make sure this service
is running, if the
service is not running right click on it, go to properties and startup type should be Automatic
and then start the service, hit Apply and Ok same for the WLAN Auto config Service as
well, find and select the WLAN Autoconfig right click on it go to properties select the
startup type Automatic and start the service these Services should be running and after that
restart your PC and check for the Wi-Fi adapter and if this method doesn't work then follow the
next method, go
to search and search for CMD then run it as admin, click on the Yes option you will
get on the screen, now on the CMD you have to type "netsh winsock reset" then press
enter on your keyboard, it will reset the windows socket catalog, and after that exit out CMD and
restart your PC and check for the Wi-Fi adapter whether you are able to connect to Wi-Fi or not
if not you have to open the CMD as admin again go to search, search for CMD and open it as admin
now you have to type another comman
d which is "netcfg -d" then press enter on your
keyboard. Basically it will remove all the network adapter from your PC and then you have to restart
your computer, once you restart the computer it will auto install all the network adapters and
after that check if you are able to connect to Wi-Fi or not, if the Wi-Fi adapter is still missing
then you can try Network Reset, go to menu, then Settings, Network and Internet, click on Network
Reset option. On Windows 11 you can simply search for
"Network reset" and then reset the network, click
on the yes option and it will restart your PC after the restart check for the Wi-Fi adapter and
if it is still missing then you can try another method, this method might do a magic which I call
Power Flush, basically you have to drain all the static power from your laptop or the desktop PC.
First, you have to shut down your laptop or desktop if you are using a laptop, then shut it down and
if you can take out the battery take it out and if y
ou are using a tower PC, then you have to turn
off all the power first turn off the PSU power and then take out the power cord. now you have to press and hold the power key
for 30 seconds to release all the static power and if you can't take out the battery of your
laptop, then you have to discharge your laptop completely and then do the power flush and after
that you have to plug in your PSU power and turn it on if you are on a tower PC, now start
your PC or laptop and check for the Wi-Fi
adapter. In most cases the power flush will
fix the problem and you will be able to get back the missing Wi-Fi adapter and connect to
the Wi-Fi network by any chance if the power plus is also not working then you have to get a
working laptop where you can download the Wi-Fi driver so get any working computer where you
can access internet and search on Google for the laptop model and then driver, just type
your laptop or desktop model and then driver go to the official website of your device
manufacturer, you might have to select the laptop model or the PC model on the manufacturer's website
you just have to follow the on-screen instructions go to the driver and utility option select
your operating system and find the wireless LAN driver and download it. In my case, I am
using an external Wi-Fi card on my desktop PC which is Asus pceax300, so I will search
it on Google and go to the official website you will find similar options on any manufacturer
website driver or utility o
ption or the support option, so anyhow you have to find the Wi-Fi
driver for your laptop or the desktop PC on the manufacturer website select your operating
system and then download the Wi-Fi driver there might be different versions, so download
the latest one once downloaded you have to copy this driver on any external media
like USB thumb drive or, you can say pen drive copy and paste it to the pendrive now
plug in the USB drive to the affected computer and locate your driver it is in the
USB drive
and here in my case if it is a compressed file you have to extract it first if it is an
exe file, you can directly install it now you have to locate the setup.exe file setup
application and double-click to install it now you have to follow the on-screen instructions
to install the Wi-Fi driver on your computer just click on next and next option, accept
the license terms and then install the driver and after installing the driver you might have
to restart your PC again and then c
heck for the Wi-Fi adapter, in most cases, installing the Wi-Fi
driver will fix the problem, and you can easily connect to the Wi-Fi networks, there might be
another situation that you don't get your Wi-Fi adapter even after installing the driver from
the manufacturer website in this case you have to perform the power plus again in my case I
had to perform the power flush after installing the Wi-Fi driver from the manufacturer's website
and this was the only thing that worked on my computer
and you can see that I am getting Wi-Fi
option in settings, and the Wi-Fi is present in the network adapters and also in the device manager
so this is how you can fix if the Wi-Fi adapter is missing on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 and
that's all for this video guys hope this helped if so hit the like button and in case if this
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Comments
You're a lifesaver. I did everything and lost hope. But then I pulled out the battery and flushed the power. Worked like a charm. Thanks a million.
I was absolutely terrified but your video helped me so much! Draining the battery and restarting worked like magic for me. I would genuinely be so lost without youtube channels like yours. Thank you for your clear instructions and in general just for doing what you do
I have struggled with this exact issue since yesterday. I've looked up several different support forums and lists of workarounds that I repeated with no results. After going through all of those methods a few times and about 36 hours of frustration I found this video while at the same time I was inspecting the network card on the motherboard and seeing whether physically removing it and re-attatching would change anything (for the third time). Surprise surprise, it somehow worked! The Wi-Fi came right back after restarting as if nothing had ever happened. So I didn't end up actually needing any of the advice in this video, but since I came here and was grateful to see options I hadn't seen suggested before (like the power flush), I'll say thank you! Videos like yours are a wonderful resource for people having these kinds of issues. I hope more people find them before accumulating too much stress! :D
Finally Someone Who Doesn't Lie To Their Viewers And Explains Perfectly Thanks A Bunch.
Thank you, it took me a couple of hours of troubleshooting from your videos but my Wi-Fi finally came back on.
You are a wifisaver, you managed to explain things easily and understandable!
The power flush worked like a charm. This video was the only helpful tutorial about this issue I have found! Well done and thank you!
Great guide! Really covers all basis. Only comment I might have is that there are problems with the Command prompt when you try to -d. On windows 11 it’s supposed to be /d but that doesn’t seem to do the trick either.
6:51 this is actually a miracle. I watched millions of vdos trying different different methods but i couldnt access internet. I felt so helpless at that moment cauz theres no method to fix this issue.. But this power flush method worked... Thank you so much for this...
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING! I was desperate, the last two days were a nightmare! Making WLAN AutoConfig running brought back my will to live
!!!!uninstalling and scanning to have the pc reinstall the adapter did the trick!!!! Thanks Sandeep!
You are a life-saver! I finally got my wifi back after so much struggling. Thanks for making this video!
You helped me twice in the same week thanks alot!! ❤
The power flush worked I've been trying things for 2 days trying all different methods sometimes multiple times. The power flush reinstalled my network adapters, and my wifi works now.
Great tutorial. You fix my problem with the 1st option after half day looking for solution. Thank Bud!❤❤❤❤❤
Omg thank you so much for uploading this. What worked for me was the power flush. You are a life saver ❤❤
Ty my friend I tried all the steps before power flush and then restarted It fixed the problem Very useful content1🙏
thank you so much <333 I was super stressed about it but it's finally working, now I just need to get my graphics drivers fixed 😵💫
So totally thorough and directly presented. This will help thousands of people.
11/10 absolutely best video, we need more youtubers like you Brother 💪🏼🗿