Windows 10: WiFi adapter driver vanished

Lenovo Yoga 900, Windows 10. Lost wifi suddenly and the cable guy told me my laptop is missing the wifi adapter driver! All of a sudden. Cannot understand why this happened.

Please advise

1 what to do

2 how to do any reinstallation/updating/downloads you may advise, without accessing the internet....which is the problem to start with!

thanks a lot

Jay

:)

 

wifi driver vanished

Hi harishsk3033,

It appears that the wireless adapter/card on your laptop gone missing. Have you made any changes or installed any updates on your laptop prior to the issue? If yes, what were those changes or updates?

Basically, since the wireless adapter/card no longer appears in Device Manager, then it implies that the device is no longer detected. Downloading its drivers will not do any help. The wireless adapter/card has to be detected first before you can install
its driver.

As a workaround, I suggest performing the following steps to try to re-detect the wireless adapter/card:

• Reboot the laptop
  • To insure that the laptop is properly rebooted, I recommend to shut it down first, before starting it up again.
• Scan for hardware changes
  1. Open Device Manager.
  2. Right-click the Network adapters category, and click
     Scan for hardware changes.
  3. Check if the wireless card appears. If yes, then right-click it, and click
     Update driver software.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
• Check for Other devices in Device Manager.
  1. Go back to Device Manager and look for Other devices.
  2. If it's there, then expand it.
  3. If the wireless adapter/card is on the list, then right-click it and click
     Update Driver Software.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

If the above steps won't help, then there's a need to unplug and replug the wireless adapter/card on your laptop to have it detected. Please contact your computer manufacturer for proper assistance.

Kindly update this thread with the result so I'll be able to assist you further if needed.

Regards.

 

WiFi vanished

What happened to my WiFi? I am running Windows 10 15063.632 I have tried to update to 16299.15 twice with two different WiFi cards in my desktop and upon update WiFi is missing. Device shows in Device Manager with a triangle but no adapter in adapters folder and when I click on the the WiFi tab in notifications nothing. So I roll back and all is fine. I have used current drivers for card there are no BIOS updates available for Asus M5A-99FX Pro R2. When going to network in setting there is no WiFi listed on left column. Any ideas on what I'm missing???

 

WiFi vanished

Hi there, steadydon. Welcome to Windows TenForums.

Build 16299.15 has not been officially released. That's an Insider build. Are you an Insider? If not, how did you obtain it?

There may not be official drivers for you particular peripherals released yet.