Windows 10: Network Adapter stopped working on all Microsoft Services ONLY

I am going to try and give you all as much detail as possible from over the last three days...
I play several online games and one day my network icon stopped showing up in my system tray, hidden or otherwise. So I ran the network trouble shooter with Admin privs and it suggested a Network Reset. I did the reset, and rebooted. After that I can no longer connect wirelessly with ANY apps or services. So I resorted to using an ethernet cable and now I can reconnect and use the internet, however all Microsoft programs, apps, and services still refuse to acknowledge my connection, even via ethernet! The weird thing is that I can still go online with Firefox and Chrome, I can still download and play online games via Steam, Connect to the Bethesda Network to play Elder Scrolls Online, stream music via Google Play, connect to the Adobe cloud service, but anything related to MS or Windows will not work. MS Updates generates this error "There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x8007042c)". Edge comes back as unable to reach that website (Google.com). MS App store never loads, and neither does the XBox companion app or the Minecraft Marketplace, so now I can play but not with the resource packs I paid for.

I have tried many things that I found online (mostly CMD prompt (admin) solutions) and none of it has fixed the issue. I have noticed that one thing required for updates is the BITS service and it will not run. I get it started and it turns off on its own. It is always set to Manual when I re-open services.msc even after I try to set it to Automatic. The only thing I have not tried to do is a OS re-install because I am waiting on a recovery disk that I purchased from NewEgg (so I can have a hard copy and not go through the hassle of making one myself). I did try to do it via the MS Media Creation Tool and that fails too. After telling it to create an ISO file it says "Getting a few things ready" then it results in "There was a problem running this tool. Were not sure what happened, but we are unable to run this tool on your PC... error code: 0x80080005 - 0x90018. Any and all help would be appreciated. TIA


Gateway DX4300
AMD Phenom II x4 820 CPU 2.80 GHz
8 GB RAM
Windows 10 Home x 64

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Network Adapter PROBLEM

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

First Verify if the WLAN service is started and set to automatic, if the WLAN service is stopped, I would suggest you to start the service and put it to automatic.

Step 1: Please follow the steps to
start the WLAN service.

• 
  Click on Start, type in services.msc
  and press Enter.
  
• 
  Select WLAN Autoconfig from the list, Right click
  properties.
  
• 
  Change the startup type to Automatic.
  
• 
  Click on Start button.
  
• 
  Click on Apply, Ok.
  

Restart the computer and verify if it works.

Also check if all the dependencies are also running. Try the steps to check Dependencies.

• 
  Right-click on WLAN Autoconfig and select Properties.
  
• 
  Click on Dependencies, you will find all the dependency services under box labeled this service depends on the following system components.
  

Step 2: Run an inbuilt Network troubleshooter.

• 
  Press Windows + X key and select
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  Type troubleshooting and select troubleshooting.
  
• 
  Click on view all on the left pane and select
  Network adapter.
  
• 
  Follow the on-screen steps and check.
  

I would also suggest you to check with the below link to check how to resolve wireless problems.

Refer:
Wired and wireless network problems

Keep us posted to help you better.

 

network adapters

Hi, Michael.



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

As per my understanding, you may be facing an issue with your driver updates.

I suggest that you perform the steps mentioned below and check if it helps you resolve your issue.



Method 1: Network troubleshooting

• • • On the search bar type “Troubleshooting”
    • Click on “Network and Internet”
    • Click on “Network Adapter” and run the troubleshooter.

Method 2: Download and install the latest firmware updates for the Network adapter

Follow these steps to un-install the drivers:

• On the search bar type “ Device Manager”
• On the left pane locate “Network Adapter” and expand by clicking on it
• Right on the “ Network driver” option and click “Uninstall’
• Download the latest Wireless network adapter driver setup file from the manufacturer’s website and install it.

Your reply is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the above information in order to assist you accordingly.

For further assistance, you can post your query in Microsoft Community

 

Microsoft Network Hosted Virtual Adapter Driver uninstalled


The other day I went to start up my VPN Virtual AP for my Chromecast and iPad to connect to via my Windows 10 Machine using the following commands (have done this several times before and it has worked fine):
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=NETWORKNAME key=PASSWORD
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
But to my nasty surprise, I was responded with:
The hosted network couldn’t be started.
The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation.
Now I've looked everywhere online for a solution to my problem here. The underlying issue appears to be that my Microsoft Network Hosted Virtual Adapter Driver is missing in Device Manager (when showing hidden drivers). This appears to be a result of an update to my WLAN Adapter (Will list spec at end). Here are the following things I have tried:

1. Looked for Microsoft Network Hosted Virtual Adapter Driver in Device Manager as a Hidden device - Not there.
2. Disabled WLAN Adapter and Enabled to refresh drivers
3. Scanned for Hardware changed in DM
4. Tried rolling back WLAN Adapter to oldest version - 09/2015
5. Updated WLAN Adapter to latest version - 23/08/2016
6. Searched the Lenovo website for their default WLAN Adapter driver, downloaded and installed - but was the same one I had as my updated version
7. Looked for older editions of the adapter, but they either installed but didn't have the Network Hosted Virtual Adapter, or weren't compatible with my machine.
8. Restarted my machine after every change made to the network adapters
9. Uninstalled LAN Adapter and reinstalled.

What I've read is that some of the new WLAN Adapters have stopped including the Network Hosted Virtual Adapter in their installation package. Not sure how true this is but it would explain the sudden uninstallation of it.
I think that's pretty much everything. Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Machine Model: Lenovo 100-15IBD
WLAN Network Driver: Realtek PCI-E Wireless LAN Driver version 2023.37.0616.2016