Windows 8.1 wont auto connect to home wifi.

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JaseNZ

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#150798 3-Aug-2014 20:10

Out of the blue my laptop has stopped auto connecting to my home wifi on start up. I am running windows 8.1 and everything is up to date. When the laptop is started you can see all the networks you can connect to and if I select mine the auto connect box is already ticked.
When I do connect to it I have to type in the security key every time I start the laptop.

After its connected below is what I am seeing in regards to the connection.

It does connect and everything works ok. If I click on the back arrow next to networks though it disconnects me from my wireless connections.

Anybody got any ideas on this at all.

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#1101280 3-Aug-2014 20:28

Coincidentally I had this on my Toshiba laptop on Friday, I finally cured it by rebooting my Router.

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#1101288 3-Aug-2014 20:40

Have tried that several times but has not helped at all.

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#1101300 3-Aug-2014 21:02

Try forgetting the WiFi network, disable wireless NIC, re-enable wireless NIC and try connect to the WiFi network again.

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#1101302 3-Aug-2014 21:05

Yup been there and done that as well. All other devices in the house are working fine in auto connecting and I have not made any changes to my laptop so not really sure what is going on.
I have even tried setting my my own ip address but that made no difference either.

Edit : Forgot to mention that I have tried deleting the nic drivers and then re installing with the same result.

I have just tried a usb wireless adapter and I have having the same result with that as well so must be something up with windows and not a dodgy laptop component.

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#1101319 3-Aug-2014 21:33

This problem has me on the verge of returning the Toshiba S50D laptop we have at home as being unfit for purpose. It's infuriating. We've tried USB adaptors, different wifi settings, different router settings (including different routers...) and still the problem persists.

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#1101378 4-Aug-2014 06:34

I have this issue on a macbook on occasion and I fix it by removing all bluetooh and cellular devices away from the laptop. More so bluetooth and making sure its switched off on both the device and espcially on the laptop. I suspect theres a conflict somewhere or my bluetooh card is dodgy and on its way out (or wifi for that matter).

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#1102485 5-Aug-2014 11:36

Try the fix it in kb299357

Edit: link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357

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#1102514 5-Aug-2014 11:59

Have you tried disabling/turning off IPv6 in wireless network connection properties. Has worked for me in the past with 8.1 wireless issues

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#1102601 5-Aug-2014 13:22

IIRC there are some functions that rely on ipv6 being enabled. Could be wrong/may have changed - event viewer showed a bunch of complaints when I did this once.

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#1102755 5-Aug-2014 17:58

MadEngineer: Try the fix it in kb299357

Edit: link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357

Thanks for that but made no difference

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#1102759 5-Aug-2014 18:00

Axeman480: Have you tried disabling/turning off IPv6 in wireless network connection properties. Has worked for me in the past with 8.1 wireless issues

I should not need to as things have been working fine for at least the last 6 months then just all of a sudden no auto connect.

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#1102796 5-Aug-2014 18:39

Forgot to mention that I have tried deleting the nic drivers and then re installing with the same result.

instead of re installing them, try the window 7 drivers , they will work, and see what happens.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#1102836 5-Aug-2014 20:04

Mine is intermittent and affects wifi and ethernet. The KB fix didn't help...

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#1102845 5-Aug-2014 20:15

Looks like the problem is that windows is not even creating a profile for my wireless.

Will try the windows 7 drivers though if I can find them.

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#1102886 5-Aug-2014 20:47

Based om my previous post on the fact it seemed that windows was not creating a profile for my wireless network I manged to find the following which allowed me to create a profile and import it in. So far so good and 5 restarts to check it has connected auto every time.

There is probably a lot easier way to do it but it worked for me.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/wifi-profile-manager-windows-8

this is my sample xml file for the wireless profile

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<WLANProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1">
   <name>Your ssid you are connecting to</name>
   <SSIDConfig>
       <SSID>
           <hex>4D65646961</hex>
           <name>Your ssid you are connecting to</name>
       </SSID>
   </SSIDConfig>
   <connectionType>ESS</connectionType>
   <connectionMode>auto</connectionMode>
   <MSM>
       <security>
           <authEncryption>
               <authentication>WPA2PSK</authentication>
               <encryption>AES</encryption>
               <useOneX>false</useOneX>
           </authEncryption>
           <sharedKey>
               <keyType>passPhrase</keyType>
               <protected>false</protected>
               <keyMaterial>your pass key</keyMaterial>
           </sharedKey>
       </security>
   </MSM>
</WLANProfile>

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