Windows 10: Recent windows 10 update removed wifi functionality

Hey guys,
Normally I am able to figure this stuff out on my own but I am stuck! My newer HP desktop running windows 10 was working perfectly yesterday. I shut it down last night, came in this morning and I have no wifi option in my network settings? I could not get the wifi "option" to show up under window settings or anywhere else! The only thing I was able to do is use a ethernet cable for the tie being. How do I fix this? I also tried looking in device manager and no longer see the wifi driver.

Thoughts?

:)

 

wifi missing from device manager

Recent (9/29/17) Windows 10 update removed the wifi adapter from my device manager. Any fix?

 

is it normal for windows update in windows 10 to download updated drivers for uninstalled devices?

recently i unistalled a ralink rt61 wifi card because it kept causing windows 10 64 bit to crash and now i'm running a linksys usb wifi adapter that works on windows 10.

i did remove the ralink rt61 drivers before i removed the card itself and today windows update downloaded and installed a updated driver for the ralink card, is this normal for windows 10 windows update or should i be concerned??

 

Hey Bigwb


Go to your manufactures's driver support page and download the appropriate WiFi driver from there.

Alternatively you could also perform a system restore to the date before the update was installed.

 

Thanks! I was able to fix it by deleting the "mini" drivers or whatever they were called in the device manager under neath my ethernet card. Then I did as you stated and downloaded/installed the wifi drivers from HP, restarted, and boom! it worked.

 

Awesome Job!

Yes, I forgot to mention a full restart was needed to reload the drivers. Make sure to 'Mark this thread as solved' to help others who may have a similar problem *Wink.