Windows 10: WiFi not showing up on Windows

Discus and support WiFi not showing up on Windows in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I recently built a pc. My motherboard has built it Wi-Fi and was working until now. Out of nowhere my PC has no wifi icon in the taskbar. I can get the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Nice-one-bro, Aug 5, 2020.

  1. WiFi not showing up on Windows


    I recently built a pc. My motherboard has built it Wi-Fi and was working until now. Out of nowhere my PC has no wifi icon in the taskbar. I can get the wifi tab to open through control panel but it only shows Airplane mode and Network & Internet settings, no networks or Wi-Fi symbol. When I click on Network & Internet settings, the settings pops up and closes itself within a second. I’ve tried enabling and disabling Wi-Fi in control panel. I have tried letting Windows update the driver and have tried updating the latest drivers from my motherboard website. The latest driver says it only supports Windows 1909 while I am on 2004 but I was using the latest one since I first built the PC without problems until now. I was able to connect to my Wi-Fi manually through writing the details in Control Panel but it doesn’t work on mobile hotspot and is a hassle. Does anybody have a fix for this problem.

    My motherboard is the Gigabyte DS3H WiFi

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    /u/Nice-one-bro, Aug 5, 2020
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  2. Kem Mon Win User

    Windows 10 WiFi Networks not showing up

    Hi,





    There are a lot of possible reasons why this issue occur. It could be your
    hard drive, router, or connectivity. To isolate this matter, we have some questions for you:




    • Have you tried running the
      Network Troubleshooter?

    • Were there any changes made before the issue occur?

    • Have you tried connecting other devices to your WiFi connection?

    • Were there any error messages?

    • Aside from what you've mentioned, what other troubleshooting steps have you done so far?



    You can try and perform
    SpiritX's answer regarding
    WiFi not showing up on Windows 10.



    Let us know how it goes.



    Regards.
     
    Kem Mon, Aug 5, 2020
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  3. VIC
    Vic Win User
    Windows 7 virtual wifi authentication mode

    Hello.

    Just a quick question to whoever is using windows 7 virtual wifi capability - when you type in "netsh wlan show hostednetwork", cmd window displays a list of settings for your hosted virtual wifi.

    I was wondering, is there a way to change authentication method from WPA2-Personal to simple WEP ?

    Cheers.
     
  4. Jon Cage Win User

    WiFi not showing up on Windows

    Is it possible to set up a new manual wifi connection from the command line?

    I'm trying to work out a solution to set up ad-hock wifi connections in Windows 8.1 based on the suggestions in a post on Micsrosoft's answers site. Is there any way to do the first few steps:

    • go to "Network and Sharing Center"
    • click "Set up a new connection or network"
    • double click "Manually connect to a wireless network"
    • enter the SSID of the ad-hoc network (as shown by "netsh wlan show networks") into the "Network name" field
    • configure security settings accordingly
    • uncheck "Start this connection automatically" (important)

    ...without using the windows dialogs?
     
    Jon Cage, Aug 5, 2020
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