Windows 10: Win 10 Wifi Connect Automatically when in range Setting does not save. Awlays defaults to OFF

Every time I boot up my PC I have to go into settings to change the

"Connect Automatically when in range" to ON to get connected

The setting does not save itself.

Is there an actual PROVEN way to fix this so it is always set to ON?

:)

 

How do I set my range extender as the default Network connection?

I have a TP-Link range extender that I use with my laptop in my living room.

I have "Connect automatically when this network is in range" checked in "Wireless Network Properties".

I have also tried setting the "Interface Metric" to 1 and the WiFi "Interface Metric" to 2 as outlined in this article. How to change the priority order of network adapters on Windows 10 | Windows Central

However, my laptop still chooses the WiFi connection that is the not the extender by default.

How do I set my range extender as the default Network connection on Windows 10?

 

Connect automatically to nearby networks by default?

Hi,

Yes, it is ticked by default. This allows your computer to connect to any known or existing wireless network without providing its credential. However, if you wish to disable this, you may do so by following the steps below:

• Click on the Action Center icon and select All Settings.
• Select Network & Internet.
• Choose Wi-Fi.
• Under Related Settings, select Change Adapter Options.
• Double-click on the WiFi connection to open the WiFi status box.
• Below the General tab, click the Wireless Properties button.
• Under the Connection tab, uncheck the Connect Automatically When This Network is in Range.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

Regards.

 

WiFi not automatically disconnecting when out of range

Gunnart,

I had a similar refusal to disconnect from a WiFi profile and I solved it.
- In my particular case, the unwanted network was still in range so I cannot say for certain that my symptoms were exactly the same as yours but they were certainly consistent with yours.
- The solution is not a destructive one so I do suggest you try it.

1 I turned WiFi off then repeated the fairly standard step of removing existing WiFi profiles - Settings, Networks, WiFi, Manage known networks, <select each one in turn>, Forget. Arguably, I could have just done this for the problem network but I was probably not thinking straight at the time.

2 I then opened RegEdit, went to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles
and deleted every subkey that referred to a WiFi network profile. Again, arguably, I could just have deleted all those that referred to the problem network.

3 I then turned WiFi back on and started from scratch detecting then connecting to the networks I wanted to use. There has been no repetition of the problem.

Some further commentary
A I had changed my internet connection device but had re-used the same network name on the new one.
B There were no strange entries in the list in Settings [step 1 above] & I quite wrongly thought that forgetting them represented a complete clearout.
C When I looked the Registry key [my step 2 above], I found that there were two subkeys with the relevant network name in the Description line.
- In one case, the same network name was repeated in the ProfileName line
- But the other entry contained a Profilename entry that had the expected network name with a suffix [2] after it.
- So my re-use of the name had been identified by Windows after all [I had just been trying to reduce the number of changes I had to work through when I swapped devices and had not thought there could be side-effects].


Best of luck,
Denis