Windows 10: Windows 10 - how to uninstall and reinstall network adapter driver with scripts

I was wondering if there was a way to uninstall the reinstall network adapter driver with scripts because my computer won't stay connected to my home wifi. It only happens when I'm at home. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the driver and that fixed it for a time but it always comes back. I am trying to automat the process so that when it happens I don't have to keep fixing it. I just want it to run on startup and then have a display pop up that says the wifi connection should work if not to call me and have me fix it.

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Windows 10 - Cannot connect to WiFi. How to uninstall network adapter driver?

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

• Right click on Windows icon on the taskbar.
• Select Control panel.
• Click on network and sharing center.
• At the left top corner click on Change adapter settings.
• There you will be able to see the Driver name of the network Adapter next to the Icon.
  
• Then you can go to device manager and check for that network adapter and you can uninstall the driver.

Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

 

Microsoft Network Hosted Virtual Adapter Driver uninstalled

The other day I went to start up my VPN Virtual AP for my Chromecast and iPad to connect to via my Windows 10 Machine using the following commands (have done this several times before and it has worked fine):
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=NETWORKNAME key=PASSWORD
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
But to my nasty surprise, I was responded with:
The hosted network couldn’t be started.
The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation.
Now I've looked everywhere online for a solution to my problem here. The underlying issue appears to be that my Microsoft Network Hosted Virtual Adapter Driver is missing in Device Manager (when showing hidden drivers). This appears to be a result of an update to my WLAN Adapter (Will list spec at end). Here are the following things I have tried:

1. Looked for Microsoft Network Hosted Virtual Adapter Driver in Device Manager as a Hidden device - Not there.
2. Disabled WLAN Adapter and Enabled to refresh drivers
3. Scanned for Hardware changed in DM
4. Tried rolling back WLAN Adapter to oldest version - 09/2015
5. Updated WLAN Adapter to latest version - 23/08/2016
6. Searched the Lenovo website for their default WLAN Adapter driver, downloaded and installed - but was the same one I had as my updated version
7. Looked for older editions of the adapter, but they either installed but didn't have the Network Hosted Virtual Adapter, or weren't compatible with my machine.
8. Restarted my machine after every change made to the network adapters
9. Uninstalled LAN Adapter and reinstalled.

What I've read is that some of the new WLAN Adapters have stopped including the Network Hosted Virtual Adapter in their installation package. Not sure how true this is but it would explain the sudden uninstallation of it.
I think that's pretty much everything. Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Machine Model: Lenovo 100-15IBD
WLAN Network Driver: Realtek PCI-E Wireless LAN Driver version 2023.37.0616.2016

 

Driver for Ethernet Adapter

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

You might be facing the issue due to the incompatibility of the network drivers with Windows 10. So, I would suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the network drivers and check.

Follow these steps to uninstall Network Adapters.

• Press Windows key + X and select
  Device Manager.
• Search for Network Adapters and expand it.
• Right click on the network adapter
  and select Uninstall.

Now, I would also suggest you to go to the manufacturer’s website and download the drivers for Windows 10. If the drivers for Windows 10 are not available, then you can download the drivers for Windows 8.1 and install them in compatibility
mode and check.

Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows

Make older apps or programs compatible with Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.