Windows 10: Wireless network adapter refuses to enable

I'm trying to enable my wireless network adapter as it says its disabled, but whenever I enable it nothing happens

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Windows 10 Cannot enable wireless adapter

Hi,

Sorry to hear about the inconvenience caused.

How are you trying to enable Wireless adapter?

We would suggest you to follow the below step and check if it helps:

• From the desktop press Windows flag key + R and type devmgmt.msc and click ok.
• This will open device manager, now scroll down and expand network adapter, right click and select enable.
• If you still have issues enabling wireless adapter, right click the uninstall it and reboot the computer and check if it helps.

To know more about uninstalling device using device manager, refer to the below link:

Using Device Manager to Uninstall Devices and Driver Packages - Windows drivers

Hope this information helps, for further assistance please reply.

 

Code 43: Wireless network adapter

Hi,

To assist you with the error code 43 on your wireless network adapter, may we know what troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

You may follow the troubleshooting methods below:

Method 1

Disable/Re-enable the adapter.

• Go to Device Manager.
• Right-click on your wireless adapter and select Properties.
• Select Disable and then Re-enable the adapter.

Method 2

Update drivers

Let us know how it goes.

 

Wireless Adapter not working

Hi Nabil,

Thank you for keeping us updated on this query. We will assist you in resolving your issue.

Method 1:

Step 1: Update network adapter driver from the device manager by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Press Windows key + X keys on the keyboard and click on
  Device Manager from the options.
• Expand the Network adapters from the options.
• Right click on the wireless network card and select Update option.
• Restart the computer and check if the changes are effective.

Step 2: If the issue persist, I suggest you to uninstall the network adapter driver from the device manager by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Press Windows key + X keys on the keyboard and click on
  Device Manager from the options.
• Expand the Network adapters from the options.
• Right click on the wireless network card and select Uninstall.
• Restart the computer for automatic installation of network adapters and check if the changes are effective.

Hope this helps !



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