Reinstalling the Wireless Network Adapter Driver Through Device Manager in Windows

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Learn how to reinstall the wireless network adapter driver through device manager in Windows. Reinstalling the wireless network adapter driver can reset configurations so the driver can be properly set up and accessed by Windows. Learn more about troubleshooting wireless and network problems on our support site: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04649175 For other helpful videos go to http://hp.com/supportvideos or http://youtube.com/hpcomputingsupport. More support options for your printer are available at http://hp.com/support. Steps to reinstall the wireless network adapter through device manager in Windows: Unplug any USB adapter or broadband device, then restart the computer, then plug it back in to a different USB port. Click the Start or Windows button. Type and select Device Manager. Double-click Network adapters to expand the section. Right-click your wireless network adapter, then click Uninstall. Click OK at the Confirm Device Install screen. Click Action, then Scan for hardware changes. Close Device Manager. Restart your computer. This video was produced by HP.

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  1. Big Thanks to youuuuuuu :)
    It worked perfectly.
    Thanks once again.
  2. Thanks so much for the help! Your simple instructions made me feel like a computer science genius
  3. hi..my computer only airplane mode icon have in option..cant find my wifi..please help
  4. Omfg thank you
  5. I try it but not working that nothing..
  6. what do u mean by check the hardware connection? i just installed Windows 7 Ultimate and my internet doesnt work cuz it doesnt have a driver for network adapter, and network adapter is not shown? what do i need to check
  7. very easy thx 😂
  8. thanks. it really helped me a lot. :)
  9. it's say drivers unsuccessful installed? somewhere along the lines just did a system restore?
  10. Thanks i Subscribe very helpful i got my internet back
  11. i accidently delete wireless network hardware in control panel and i didnt receive some connections
  12. Nothing is wrong with my adapter. But i cant connect to wifi. When I go inte the adapter software it shows that the adapter doesn't "give out" wifi. What can i do!
  13. i had MSI MOTHERBORAD this same issue today what i did is checked 1) BIOS LAN (ENABLED) 2) INSTALL realtek-ethernet-controller-driver PROBLEM SOLVED
  14. how do i get a network adapter??
  15. I accidentally uninstalled my wifi thing. Now I got it back
  16. please help me sir...

    i open my laptop hp to clean the fan, after that when i turn on my laptop my wireless is disapper from device manager..

    i have follow this video still not working n i install the driver from the hp center still nothing...

    is that the hardware problem?
  17. i get an error message, saying networ cable unplugged or may be broken, my WiFi comes and goes on my laptop, but i have WiFi on my phone and on my xbox it's just my laptop that's having issues please help.
  18. thank you very much now my WiFi works
  19. THANK YOU!!!!
  20. it worked for me and net is up and running. thanks