Windows 10: Unable to connect to a specific Wi-Fi network in Windows 10

Hello there,

I have just built myself a Desktop PC and have installed a Wi-Fi adapter in it. I am facing sometrouble in connecting PC to my home broadband network.

I have several times restarted my system as well as my Wi-Fi router but it just displays a message, "Can't connect to this network".

I have troubleshooted my Wi-Fi settings many times but got no positive result. When I tried to connect to my mobile's hotspot, it easily connects and all works fine. Also the other devices connected to my home broadband works fine.

I have tried many methods like - Updating the driver software, uninstalling then re-installing the driver software but still there was no change.

Please, someone help me out with this problem.

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Unable to connect to a specific Wi-Fi network in Windows 10

I have been contacting Microsoft Support for the past 2 days to find a solution for this issue. But no one seems to know a fix. Hence I am forced to post this question, even though I know there have been similar posts earlier.

I am unable to connect to a specific Wi-Fi network in my windows 10 pc. I am able to connect to that network with devices using other OS (like Android). I am able to connect to other Wi-Fi networks in my pc as well.

Please note that I am unable to connect to this specific Wi-Fi network in my windows phone as well, which runs on Windows Phone 8.1.

I have tried updating the adapter driver and used the windows troubleshoot. Both did not find any issue.

Attaching below the screenshot of the error I see when trying to connect to the network.





Update:

I received a response from one of the Support executives with 3 suggestions, and none of them fixed the issue.

Adding them here for reference.

Method 1: Run network troubleshooter.

Method 2: Configuring DNS server address:

Network and Sharing Center --> Change Adapter Settings --> Click the Wi-Fi connection you want to configure.

Could not proceed with this step as the specific Wifi network does not exist in the list

Method 3: Try resetting TCP/IP and check if it works.

On Command Prompt (admin) and Reboot the computer.

netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

 

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!

 

Unable to connect to Wi-Fi

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are unable to connect to Wi-Fi on your computer. I’ll help you with this issue.



However, please let us know:

• What happens when you try to connect to a Wi-Fi network?
  
• Do you receive any error message/code? If yes, what is the error message?
  
• Could you please provide us more information on, “network adapter is not working properly”?
  
• Are you aware of changes made to the computer recently?
  
• Which build version of Windows 10 is installed on the computer? To check type:
  winver in the search bar on the Taskbar and hit
  Enter.
  

I would suggest you to refer the steps mentioned in the article
Fix network connection issues in Windows and see if that helps.



For additional information, see Fix Wi-Fi problems in Windows 10.



Let us know the results, we will be glad to help you further.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator