Windows 10: Windows 11 Connects to pulic wifi without permission

I go to a coffee shop regularly. That shop's wifi is pulic. No password.I have the "connect automatically" checkbox UNchecked.When I leave, I explicitly disconnect the wifi, and close the laptop:1 click on the wifi icon on the taskbar2 click on the little chevron beside the wifi icon on the dialog that pops up3 click on the coffee shop's wifi4 click on "disconnect"5 wait for it to finish disconnecting6 close laptopThe next time I go to the coffee shop, I open the laptop, and a few seconds after unlocking it, I get a notification that the wifi has connected, and I need to open a browser t

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When will the wifi connectivity problems be solved?


OK, so the Windows 10 engineers bollixed up the wifi connectivity part of the operating system. Everybody knows that by now. It seems they are making some progress in resolving it. Now, instead of seeing "Secured, No Internet" on your list of wifi connections, you see "Connected, Secured" EXCEPT no webpages will load. So you really aren't connected. It does seem to be a step in the right direction. Does anybody know when they plan on a full and complete repair of this screw up of epic proportions?

 

Can't connect to wifi after Windows Update

I have now tried all of the suggested steps at least twice.

The only instance of seemingly achieving any progress was the first time I performed a clean boot, when the wifi connection actually worked. But after that, I tried following the steps to isolate the problem and then after restarting the computer, all of
my wireless features have disappeared again. I have tried repeating the entire sequence of steps again, but the wifi hasn't worked again. It just worked that one time, but I don't know why it was different that time.

I have been trying to fix this for over 11 hours, but haven't been able to connect back to wifi.

I would like to know if rolling back the Windows Update is an option and, if so, how to do that and how to prevent Windows from updating again.

 

Windows XP to Windows 7 Connection Issue




You need to open the window above and click on Turn off password protected sharing

To get to this window, do the following:

• Click the Orb - the round, coloured thing on the bottom left *Wink
• Click Control Panel
• Click Network and Sharing Centre
• Click Advanced sharing settings at the top left of the window
• Scroll down to the bottom
• Under the Password protected sharing section, click Turn off password protected sharing
• Click Save changes

Now ensure that the folder you want shared has at least the Read file sharing permission assigned to it in the Sharing tab. Just as important, ensure the Read NTFS permission is explicitely set for the Everyone user and ensure that there aren't any Denied permissions blocking it, as they override the Allow permissions. Be aware, that the file sharing and NTFS permissions combine, such that the more restrictive permission takes precedence. Therefore, if you have the NTFS permission set to Full Control, but only Read in the sharing permission, then the connecting computer will only be able to read the folder.

In the end, you must ensure that the NTFS permissions for the folder that you're sharing has at least the Read and List / Read Data Effective Permission against it, or you won't see anything.

NTFS permissions can be quite complicated and confusing, especially with inherited permissions and the denied permissions, so feel free to ask. I've just been on a Windows XP course for work and it cleared up a lot of confusion for me over how they work. *Big Grin

Also, while troubleshooting this, switch off Norton completely, as settings on it may be blocking you in subtle ways you're not aware of. When you've got sharing working properly, then switch it back on and see if it still works.