Windows 10: WIFI known networks applied to any device a user logs into

Since when did WIFI network credentials get stored in user profiles?One of my users has 4 WIFI networks following them round. One of those networks only existed for about three weeks.They are propagating these network credentials in an almost viral manner.I've never seen this behaviour before. Granted though, I've never really had much to do with WIFI networks previously. Most of what I deal with is cabled.

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set the default WiFi network per user

If I understand this correctly, these options will allow a "per user" default WiFi network. So if "user1" authenticates on "WiFiNetwork1", when "user2" logs in, Windows will not automatically connect him to "WiFiNetwork1" and will expect him to authenticate to a WiFi network. When "user2" connects to "WiFiNetwork2" that will be his default network whenever he logs in.

So it won't matter if Windows has a list of known WiFi networks, each user will automatically connect on their own WiFi network.

I run these commands





But no luck. I "forgot" all WiFi networks, restarted, logged in with "user1" authenticated to "WiFiNetwork1" and as soon as "user2" logged in, he was already connected to "WiFiNetwork1".

Whereas when "user2" logged in, he should not have been connected to any WiFi networks.

 

Student WiFi Log In

Hi Sean,

The authentication failed error that you encounter when connecting to a local WiFi can be related to a change on the device firmware caused by the recent update. As an initial step to fix your concern, we suggest that you reset the connection by following
these steps:

• Click the Start menu
  
  
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• Select settings
  
  
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• Select Network & Internet.
• Click on WiFi and select Manage known networks.
• Under the list of networks, select the affected WiFi connection.
• Select Forget.

Once you're done, reconnect to the WiFi and check if the issue persist.

Let us know should you need further assistance.

 

WiFi appears in Manage Known Networks, not in Show Available Networks

The list of WiFi connections shown when you click the WiFi icon in the taskbar is a list of all the signals that can currently be seen by the WiFi adapter. The list in Manage Known Networks is a list of all those you have previously successfully connected to, whether or not they are currently available.

The only plausible explanation is that for a while that WiFi signal had been turned off.