Windows 10: Help! Uninstalling the network adapter takes too long so I restarted my laptop

So I was planning to uninstall my network adapter temporarily because it cannot detect wifi, but the uninstalling process took too long so I thought of restarting my laptop. But then, the restart took almost 10 mins. So I thought pushing the power button to force shutdown would help, but now it's almost 20 mins and won't finish the boot.

Also, I can't seem to go to bios and do anything like safe mode and stuff.

HP Pavilion x360 15
Windows 10 Home
Intel Wireless AC-7265
1tb Seagate Firecuda

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Manually uninstalling network adapter results in no boot

Hi. I have an Acer Aspire E 15 laptop that was not connecting to any Wi-Fi networks. I tried some previous steps I had taken in the past to no avail, then used my phone to search for some solutions which led me to the suggestion to uninstall my network adapter.

I believe that this is where I made a mistake. I uninstalled a Qualcomm adapter, which I believe was the correct one. I also have installed a Virtual Machine application called Virtual Box that had some adapters listed there - figured I'd uninstall those
as well since the diagnostic report while trying to connect to the wi-fi had those listed. I also uninstalled another item listed under network adapters - I can't remember exactly what it was. Perhaps that was my problem? Regardless, my understanding was that
Windows would re-install any adapter that was missing on a system restart.

However, now my laptop won't boot. It loads to the "Acer" screen with the rotating icon and now brings me to "Automatic Repair." I've tried restarting again, "continue" to windows 10 and running diagnostics on my system startup but none has worked - it still
seems to get stuck on the boot screen for ~20+ minutes.

Does anyone have any suggestions or could offer any help? I understand a system reset may be in order here - but if there's a possible solution without doing that then I'd be interested.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Why doesn't such a new version of Windows, not support simple laptop network cards.

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community,



Sorry for the inconvenience you are facing, I would suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps and check if these steps help in resolving the issue.





Method 1: Run Network Adapter.

• Type troubleshooting in the search box and then press ENTER.
• Select Troubleshooting.

• Click on view all and select Network Adapter.

• Click next and follow the on-screen instructions.

Method 2: Reinstall the Network Adapter drivers.



Please download the drivers before you follow the steps.
Uninstall the Network Adapter drivers.

• Press Windows + X, Click Device Manager.
• Expand Network Adapter.
• Check if the name of the Network Adapter is the list.
• Right click on the Network Adapter’s name and click uninstall.
• Once you uninstall the drivers it will prompt to restart the computer, do not restart the computer.
• It will take default drivers if you restart the computer.

Please reinstall the Network Adapter drivers from the computer manufacturer website.



Hope it helps. Get back to us with the updated status; we’ll b glad to assist you further.



Thank you.

 

Windows 10 - Cannot connect to WiFi. How to uninstall network adapter driver?

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

• Right click on Windows icon on the taskbar.
• Select Control panel.
• Click on network and sharing center.
• At the left top corner click on Change adapter settings.
• There you will be able to see the Driver name of the network Adapter next to the Icon.
  
• Then you can go to device manager and check for that network adapter and you can uninstall the driver.

Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.