Windows 10: Network status appears as a dashed line and I cannot use Wi-Fi. I'm currently using...

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Airplane mode and Ethernet are the only options available on my laptop. I cannot connect to Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and I don't know why. It was working ~14 hours ago, and for the past ~10 hours, I've been trying to fix it. I've been doing every fix I saw online, and nothing has worked. I've tried all the IP-configs, the updating and uninstalling of drivers, the DNS and DRS commands, everything in services and the device manager, I've gone into safe mode to do the network installation thing, I've looked at dozens of YouTube videos, and still, nothing has worked.


Notes that might be relevant:


• I downloaded Norton360 yesterday, and a few hours after I did, this happened I tried the firewall solve and nothing worked.


• I also uninstalled Norton360 using the cleaner tool to be sure that all Norton software is off of my PC before making this post.


• This is an Envy x360 Touch Screen laptop and is fairly new 8 months old.

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Trouble Changing Wi-Fi Password


I've been following the following steps to change my Wi-Fi password for some time:

1. Launch Control Panel.
2. Click "Network and Internet."
3. Click "Network and Sharing Center."
4. Click "Wi-Fi...."
5. Click "Wireless Properties."
6. Click the Security tab.
7. Check "Show characters."
8. Enter the password in "Network security key."

Those steps have been working just fine, but today I discovered a new wrinkle. If I change the password inside the router first, "Wi-Fi..." doesn't appear in step 4. This isn't much of a problem at home, because I can just change the password in Control Panel before I change it inside the router, but it would be a problem at a public hotspot, or something of that nature. I also tested Brink's instructions in "How to Connect To a Wireless Network in Windows 10," but they don't work for me either. How can I fix this?

 

Windows 10 stop automatically connecting to random new wi-fi networks

Hi,

I have searched a lot, but all the tutorials I found only explained how to not connect automatically to a known wi-fi network or how to disable wi-fi sense... but this is not what I am looking for...

PROBLEM:

• When my laptop (Windows 10 Pro X64) is not connected to a network and the wireless adapter is on, it will automatically connect to any random new unsecured wi-fi network... The only way I have now to avoid this is to disable my wi-fi adapter.

UNUSEFUL TUTORIALS I FOUND ON THE INTERNET:

• How to manually uncheck the option for a particular wi-fi network not to connect automatically in Network Properties. This is not what I am looking for. This would suggest that everytime I power my computer. I would have to manually go through all the available wi-fi networks and unclick them all...
• How to disable Wi-Fi Sense. This is not useful, because I don't even have a Wi-Fi sense option in my computer where the tutorials say it should be.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR:

• I am looking for an option to tell my computer to stop connecting randomly to unknown wi-fi networks like an hyperactive, reckless idiot.

PERSONAL COMMENT:

• Honestly, why would any respectable company think that it could be somewhat wise or secure to do this... Anyone's computer could just randomly connect to any hacker's wi-fi network without the user even knowing it...

Any solutions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

specific wi fi network stoped working on surface 3

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft community.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.

I suggest you to try the following steps and check if it helps.

• Click on the Network logo at the bottom right corner of the Task bar.
• Click on Network setting and select manage Wi-Fi settings.
• Select your Network and click on Forget.
• Now, try to reconnect to the network again by entering the Wi-Fi password.
• Check the connect automatically box and click on
  connect.

Hope this will fix the issue. Keep us posted with the status of the issue to assist you further.

Thank you.