Windows 10: Windows 10 22H2 treats my XBOX Wireless Adapter as an Ethernet Network Adapter to Nowhere

A WarningFor the amount of frustration the problem has caused and for how much work I am putting into this write-up, if anyone responds to this with any of following..."uninstall and reinstall the driver" "reboot the system""run sfc /scannow""Reinstall <fill-in-the-blank> driverAny other boilerplate, worthless solution...then I will respond to those comments with dad jokes and puns to highlight the fact that it is not helpful and I am not interested in boosting your number of posts on this forum for reputational purposes. I need actual help because this issue is extremely annoying, is c

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Xbox one wireless adapter problems

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Xbox Wireless Adapter not working

Hi Michael,

As you are facing with Xbox wireless adapter I suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps from the link below and check if it helps.

Xbox Support

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Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows registers as an Ethernet adapter

Honestly not sure why I'm even bothering to post this given that this same issue has been posted so many times before over the space of about 4 years and seemingly not resolved while all the other posts have been locked.

This was working without issue on Windows 10 but I recently rebuilt my PC with new parts and installed Windows 11. Now I have a second ethernet adapter registering in Windows which lists the device as being the Xbox Wireless Adapter. The first being my motherboard's adapter. I have no idea why moving to a new PC/Windows installation has caused this to start happening but it can cause absolute havoc with your internet connection. I can't use Bluetooth as it is unreliable. Please fix this and stop locking all the posts. Thanks.

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