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HP PAVILION DV6 3166TX ENTERTAINMENT NOTEBOOK PC
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

HELLO

MY HP LAPTOP WAS MANUFACTERED IN 2011 AND WAS ORIGINALLY RUNNING IN WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM AND I RECENTLY UPGRADED TO WINDOWS 10 PRO . IT WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL A COUPLE OF DAYS OF AGO. NOW I AM NOT ABLE TO CONNECT TO WIFI. THE WIFI ADAPTER IS MISSING IN THE DEVICE MANAGER AS WELL AS IN THE NETWORK AND SHARING CENTRE. I AM NOT ABLE TO FIND A DEVICE DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 10 IN THE HP WEBSITE AS MY LAPTOP SUPPORTED WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM AND ONLY DRIVERS FOR THAT OS IS FOUND. CURRENTLY I AM USING A USB NETWORK ADAPTER TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET. 

PLEASE HELP.

REGARDS

Abhijit
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Hi

It may have failed and require replacement.

Hidden Devices.png It may be hidden in the listing.

 

Copy, Paste and Save in Notepad, as LBB.bat (not a .TXT) and double click to run.
Preferably run as an Administrator.
OR
Copy and use the individual command lines as needed.

Post anything non-personal, but relevant please.

 

@Echo OFF
getmac
netsh lan show interfaces
netsh wlan show interfaces
netsh wlan show drivers

PAUSE
systeminfo
PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter"
PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter -Name * | Format-Table -View Driver"
PowerShell -Command "GIP -Detailed"
PowerShell -Command "Test-NetConnection"
PAUSE

 

You could try some / all of the above commands to try and locate it.

 

 

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Hi thank you for the reply 

Bu even after running the command  there is no wifi connectivity. Can you suggest a wireless network adapter to download

Abhijit
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