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Hello, the Wi-Fi drivers on my laptop I bought a while ago don't work? I had to reset it because all of my accounts got hacked, and I was afraid of anything personal getting hacked. So for months now, I have had to reinstall the drivers every so often to keep my wifi. The wifi drivers also disappearing is a random thing; it doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen, and when it does, it's very troublesome to fix. I have watched nearly every video on this issue, and I can't find anything that helps. So I hope I can find some help here. I also need this laptop before I have in-person classes in a couple of months, so please help!

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Did you installed the correct Wi-Fi driver but your PC reverted to the old driver after a reboot? That is a FastStart problem.

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Windows FastStart saves a contiguous image of the working OS on the disk (SSD or HHD) for a fast startup. That image may have old settings such as "Turn off Wi-Fi to save power" or simply the wrong driver. You need to disable fast start then re-enable it after all the drivers and settings are fixed. To disable fast startup on Windows, open the Control Panel, navigate to Power Options, then "Choose what the power buttons do," and under Shutdown settings, uncheck the "Turn on fast startup" box; if the option is greyed out, click "Change settings that are currently unavailable" first.

 

It is possible the Wi-Fi driver is the correct one but it cannot be woken up. 
Possibly your Wi-Fi device is not waking up properly when the computer wakes up from sleep or hibernation.

The Wi-Fi device may have a Power Management feature as shown below. If you un-check the box "Allow the computer.." then the Wi-Fi device will be enabled during sleep and will not have to be woken up when the computer resumes from sleep. Laptops in modern standby will be missing the following option.

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What is the product ID of your system?  Possibly you should have done a factory cloud restore

 

 


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