Windows 10: Windows 10 Wi-Fi doesn't have a valid IP configuration

Hey boys and girls. If you are getting this error message whenever you try to connect your PC to your home wi-fi or a hotsport or tether to your smartphone, you may encounter this issue. It is a widespread issue which several users get. I found a solution which was posted by another user on this site but that forum being only 12 months old is locked.


Here's a solution which will work. You have to go into Command Prompt. Microsoft is bad with spamming us with regular updates which wastes our time and after the big monthly updates those updates introduce new problems and we have to go through the whole debuckle of troubleshooting, which involves reading long essays of how to troubleshoot.


Last night I had trouble tethering via cable and wi-fi my laptop to my Samsung S9. Microsoft should focus more on simplifying a hard reset on your network adapter rather than data harvesting and spamming us with broken updates or not being transparent with their service/software!


Here's the solution which works:

Left Click on the Window icon at the bottom and type CMD


In the window that comes up at the top Right Click on the Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator


NOTE: A window will come up and ask if you want to allow this app to make changes to your device. Select YES to bring up the Command Prompt for the system32 commands


At the > prompt type in the following

> netsh winsock reset <hit Enter>


Then type in the following

> netsh int ip reset <hit Enter>


Restart the Computer


This should do it, but you can check by going back in to the shell and typing in the following to see if you are getting assigned an address again

> ipconfig <hit Enter>


Microsoft needs to fix this and/or make it easier to look up.

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Holy crow, it worked! Thank you!

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Windows 10 Wi-Fi doesn't have a valid IP configuration

I have tried all suggestions made on here for fixing an No Valid IP address issue on my Windows 10 computer. I have bought a brand new Relteck Wi-Fi adapter but even still, its says that with Etheranet and Wi-Fi that I have no valid IP configuration. We
have tried everything to fix this issue and its has yet to be resolved.

~Zach

 

Repeated "wifi doesn't have a valid ip configuration" error message daily

Ethernet doesn’t have a valid IP Configuration is often appear on Windows 10/8.1/7 based operating system. The average Windows user encountered the problem when wanting to connect to a Wi-Fi or Local Area Network (LAN) via Ethernet. Here
is an example of an error message that often appears when connecting to the network:

• Ethernet doesn’t have a valid IP configuration.
• Local area connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration.
• Wi-Fi doesn’t have a valid IP configuration.
• Wireless network connection doesn’t have a valid IP configuration.

try steps here: Fix Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP Configuration | Get Help in Windows 10

 

Windows Wi-Fi doesn't have a valid IP configuration


One last try, Lets see if DHCP client is running

Press the Windows Key + R and type or paste the code below into the run box
Code:

Code:

services.msc

Edit: Also check if these are running

• COM+ Event System
• Computer Browser
• DHCP Client
• Network Connections
• Network Location Awareness
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Server
• TCP/IP Netbios helper
• WLAN AutoConfig
• Workstation