Windows 10: Installed Creator and no Wifi Connection

Today I installed the major Windows 10 update which I believe is called Creator. It took 30+ minutes and when I got my desktop back I could not connect to my wifi. I could see the wifi sources but could not connect. I took a chance and tried wifi troubleshooter brought up by the search window at the lower left of the screen. I did not select the things it suggested because they seemed not to apply, but my wifi connected fine running the troubleshooter.

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wifi turn off

After installing Creators Fall Update the WiFi connection does not turn on any more.

 

Windows 10 Creators Update Removes Ethernet on Laptop

I installed the latest Creators Update, and now my Ethernet is removed on my laptop. It was working just fine before the install. It left me scratching my head on why Microsoft would do this, so I figured I did something wrong. I backed out the Creators
update, checked my previous install, and it was there. So I re-installed the Creators Update, and sure enough, it was gone again. Network says i'm connected to wifi.

Was this on purpose to use WiFi and remove Ethernet? Is there anyway to get Ethernet back?

Thanks.

 

Hi JWalker.

So is your WiFi still okay?

Ken

 

Yes. The wifi has been working since running the troubleshooter.

 

Great.

Something must have got hung during update.

If you could mark thread solved others will see and follow your advice.

 

The thing that the wifi or network troubleshooter did that probably made the fix was to reset the wifi adapter. It offered three other things I could check to fix that did not seem relevant so I did not click in them. I wanted to share the experience and thank goodness I found a simple fix. The only other thing I could do is go to System Devices and see if the adapter was enabled. Maybe that would have worked as well. The final resort wouldbe to do a restore of the HD.