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Unable to find my wifi after windows 8.1 update

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/unable-to-find-my-wifi-after-windows-8-1-update.187038/

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doom Original post #1
Sep 17, 2014 at 1:20 PM
In facing a very peculiar problem in regards to my Wi-Fi. As soon as the 8.1 update was downloaded, the laptop rebooted and after 15-20 minutes of installation I was asked to select my wifi network. Strangely enough it was not displayed there so I skipped the step and proceeded with the installation.

After it was installed, I switched on the wifi on my laptop and my connection was nowhere to be found. It could identify other network ie my neighbor's but not mine. So I plugged in an Ethernet wire and it worked.

Next I changed the ssid of my wifi from the modern page to "aaa". As soon as I did it, my laptop could identify the new network and connect to it. So I again changed the ssid to the original name. It worked like a charm. I restarted my laptop to make sure everything was fine.

After some time, I switched off my modern. When I restarted it, the same problem occurred. To fix it temporarily, I again changed the ssid.

Any solutions for this? It's beginning to irritate me.
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little #2
Sep 17, 2014 at 3:37 PM
In facing a very peculiar problem in regards to my Wi-Fi. As soon as the 8.1 update was downloaded, the laptop rebooted and after 15-20 minutes of installation I was asked to select my wifi network. Strangely enough it was not displayed there so I skipped the step and proceeded with the installation.

After it was installed, I switched on the wifi on my laptop and my connection was nowhere to be found. It could identify other network ie my neighbor's but not mine. So I plugged in an Ethernet wire and it worked.

Next I changed the ssid of my wifi from the modern page to "aaa". As soon as I did it, my laptop could identify the new network and connect to it. So I again changed the ssid to the original name. It worked like a charm. I restarted my laptop to make sure everything was fine.

After some time, I switched off my modern. When I restarted it, the same problem occurred. To fix it temporarily, I again changed the ssid.

Any solutions for this? It's beginning to irritate me.

Try uninstalling and then re-installing WLAN drivers for Windows 8.1

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And don't forget to reboot in between.
$hadow
$hadow #3
Sep 17, 2014 at 8:28 PM
this is the most common windows 8.1 bug
$hadow
$hadow #5
Sep 17, 2014 at 8:40 PM
Any solutions?
Well MS is working on this bug but i fear that I do not have any solution other than the fact to suggest you to downgrade to W8
meetdilip
Sep 18, 2014 at 4:48 AM
Running 8.1 and WiFi is working fine on desktop. Dual boot in fact.
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doom #7
Sep 18, 2014 at 9:27 AM
Found the solution. Updated the wifi adapter to the latest version. Stupid MS