Windows 10: Wifi working but Network panel says I'm not connected to any networks.

Hello, First of all I wish you all a happy new year ! I recently had to soft reset my pc because it was going extremly slow after a Restore. But now I have this issue:My computer is connected to WiFi and the internet is working I'm using it to post this message but the Network & Internet page in the control panel says I'm not connected to any networks, blocking me from using MSStore, the Xbox Apps , Geforce Experience and some other apps. Steam, Brave, Discord and the Riot Client are working just fine. I've tried every solution I found online but none of them were really for my precise i

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Losing network connection

Hello Dear, if you have a laptop or a PC with a wireless network adapter, you can see a list of available wireless networks and then connect to one of those networks. The wireless networks will only appear if your PC has a wireless network adapter installed, the adapter is turned on, and the wireless access point is in range.

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.

2. In the left pane, under Network Tasks, click View available wireless networks.
In case, If you don't see the network you want to connect to, click Refresh network list. If you see the network but the signal is weak, move the PC closer to the wireless router.

3. Click the network you want to connect to, and then click Connect.

4. If you're connecting to a secure network, type the security key, and then click OK.

I Hope you solve out your query soon.

 

Connect to wifi network

Hi there GeneMills, I will be your Tech Helper for today, I hope we can both resolve your problem.

What I would suggest is to manually add your wifi to your laptop.

To do this please navigate to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center

Then click on Set up a Connection or Network

Then click Manually connect to a wireless network.

Enter your SSID in the Network name box

Security type choose WPA2 personal,

Enter your Security key,

Tick the box says Start this network automatically.

Click Next and follow through the next window and make sure you reboot the laptop.

Then try connecting to your wifi.

Hope this helps.

 

How to connect to an existing wifi network?

As you suggested, I tried disabling the ethernet adapter and that caused wi-fi to connect, so the desktop wifi does work. Also, I accessed the router and changed the wireless network name (to wfCHS). Thanks!

However many problems are still unresolved:

My laptop behaves just as I want it to. Assuming the router has wifi turned on and the laptop has an ethernet connection, connection to the internet is by ethernet (no private network name), and the wi-fi connection is to my private network "wfCHS", but with no connection to the internet. (If I disconnect the ethernet cable, then wfCHS becomes connected to the internet and stays that way even if I reconnect the cable.) A directory listing shows both laptop and desktop under "Network". Great!

Things are rather different with the desktop. With Ethernet disabled, the desktop shows a wi-fi connection to the internet. Under Settings > Status it's called "wfCHS" but under Network Connections it's called wfCHS2. If I then re-enable the ethernet connection, the wifi connection stays enabled for a minute or two, then disconnects. Further, the ethernet connection is given the name wfCHS2 under both Status and Network Connections.

Why does the desktop give an (unwanted) name to the ethernet connection while the laptop doesn't?

Why does the desktop disconnect its wi-fi connection a minute or so after the ethernet connection is enabled, while the laptop doesn't?

Why does the desktop give two different names to the wifi connection, depending on whether it's viewed under Status or Network Connections, while the laptop doesn't?

Why does the laptop show the desktop under Network, while the desktop shows only itself?

Things are so convoluted that I'd be happy to start over. I've had the desktop "forget" the wi-fi connection as you suggested, then re-established it, but this hasn't helped. Can the ethernet connection also be "forgotten"?

Really appreciate the help you've given so far!