Windows 10: Disable automatic network scan

There used to be a settings in windows settings that stopped your computer from scanning for wifi every 2 minutes but now its gone. I found WLAN autoconfig but it just stops your wifi completely. The setting made it so your computer would stop scanning for wifi every 2 minutes but still have wifi when you start up your computer.

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Windows 10: Disable automatic connection of a wireless network

To further explain this question, let's start with a comparison between the steps you've outlined vs what I am seeing elsewhere. Your steps do provide the list of wifi networks that I use and are secured. However, when I click on the network symbol on
the lower right of the desktop screen (sorry, don't know what to call this area), it shows other networks that probably belong to the neighbors. Some of them are checked to 'automatically connect. I don't want to automatically connect to them. How can those
networks be permanently unchecked for 'automatically connect.' It cannot be permanently done on this list. Thanks, Joyce

 

Windows 10: Disable automatic connection of a wireless network

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in replying.

If you have not tried this then you may follow these steps to test if that helps:

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  Open "Network and Sharing Center".
  
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  On the left pane, click on the option "Manage wireless networks”.
  
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  Look for those networks where the Security is "Unsecured." Right-click on an unsecured network, then click on "Properties”.
  
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  Make sure that the box next to "Connect automatically when this network is in range," is not checked. Then click on "OK" to save your settings. Repeat the steps to uncheck the box for any other unsecured networks on the list.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Windows 10: Disable automatic connection of a wireless network

This isn't helpful.

This is clearly a software issue and can't be rectified by playing with wireless settings. Please can Microsoft create a patch? I find that often it stops me logging in as the computer is confused on the networks it is connected to.

I have followed all the suggested steps and it makes no difference as I am not actually connected to the networks that the computer is suggesting I connect automatically to.

Regrads

David