Following this thread.
Exact same thing happened on my 70 year old father's Pavilion 20 All-in-One. Suddenly today, the computer does not recognized the internal wireless adapter at all, nor will it recognize a plug-in wireless antenna.
Temporarily relocated his machine to the kitchen so that he can access the internet, but that's not going to work as a permanent solution.
I too have tried the HP Support Assistant, Windows Troubleshooter, to no avail.
I also attempted to download a wireless adapter driver from the HP website, only to find the answer that it has to be downloaded using Windows Update. How can Windows Update download a new driver when it doesn't recognize the existence of the adapter?