Windows 10: wifi driver vanished

hello.

Its just strange that my laptop(Inspiron N4050 ) just swallowed up the wifi network driver all of a sudden.I tried to download the drivers from dell website.Strangely,website recognised my laptop but did not show up any wifi drivers to download.When I tried to seach manually,there were multiple WLAN/wifi drivers and I was left confused as to which one to download.And there was no option for windows 10 OS in the drop down list(I have upgraded my laptop from win7 to w in 10 2yrs back).I tried to download one of those drivers and install it.BuSystem pops up a msg showing this app is not compatiable for windows 10.Its been huge problem for me to work without wifi.I am attaching ss of my device manager and drivers available on dell website.Please guide me. t

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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.

 

WiFi vanished

It actually helps if a person asking for help, goes through the troubleshooting steps first and if they find a solution, to post it so that if someone else comes along this post, they will know the steps that are taken to fix the problem.