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Question

WiFi Adapter

Jul 27, 2016 11:29AM PDT

Woke up today and my computer has lost the WiFi adapter. Won't connect to the internet. Device is hidden in the device list and says that it is not connected. I made no physical changes to the computer, and do not see any new software installed. What happened!

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Clarification Request
What PC is this?
Jul 27, 2016 11:51AM PDT

My old laptop does this when I slide a switch to the off position. My new laptop does this on Airplane mode.

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Thanks
Jul 27, 2016 11:59AM PDT

Yeah, I guess I should have included that. It's an HP desktop running Windows 10.

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Too many models for me to write more.
Jul 27, 2016 12:20PM PDT

Since the maker listed has hundreds of models I can't check into this to see if the model has the feature mine do or if there is a new driver.