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Q&A: Why won’t my PC connect to Wi-Fi automatically after installing updates?

Posted on November 20, 2017

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Question from Lois P.:  My computer (HP laptop with Windows 10) was working fine until it installed an update about a week ago.

Ever since that update was installed the computer won’t automatically connect to my Wi-Fi network when I turn it on.

I can connect to the network manually and it works perfectly until I shut the computer down. It just won’t connect automatically no matter what I do and I really miss having it do that.

I’ve searched Google from top to bottom and I haven’t found a solution to this that works. I even used System Restore to remove the update but that didn’t help either.

A friend told me about your website but I couldn’t find anything you’ve written about this topic on there. Do you know of a fix for this? You’re my last hope!

Rick’s answer:  I’ve actually received several messages about this issue, Lois.

I checked into it and discovered that this latest update is apparently breaking Windows 10’s Wi-Fi functionality in various ways, usually by corrupting one or more important system files.

The refusal to automatically connect to a saved network is just one of the issues being caused by the update.

Luckily, there’s a remedy that seems to work in the vast majority of these cases. Running Windows’ CHKDSK utility in Repair mode will hopefully fix this problem for you. Just follow these steps:

1 – Press the Windows+S key combination to open a Search box.

2 – Type cmd into the search box. You should now see a list of search results on the screen.

3 – Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

4 – Copy and paste the following after the command prompt:

chkdsk /f /r /x

5 – Press the Enter key.

6 – Answer the prompts that follow.

That’s all there is to it. If this works your PC should start connecting to your Wi-Fi network automatically again. If not, let me know and I’ll tell you what to try next.

Bonus tip: This post explains how to view all the devices that are currently using your Wi-Fi network.

Update from Lois: It worked Rick. I can stop pulling my hair out now. Thank you!!!


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