{"id":16969,"date":"2021-04-27T03:23:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T03:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=16969"},"modified":"2021-04-27T03:24:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T03:24:23","slug":"reinstall-wireless-drivers-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/reinstall-wireless-drivers-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Steps to Reinstall Wireless Drivers in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wireless connection stops working suddenly? Windows 10 does not show available Wi-Fi networks? To fix any of such wireless connection issues, an easy first step is to reinstall wireless drivers. This article shows you how to reinstall wireless drivers in 4 steps on Windows 10 \/ 8 \/7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Reinstall Wireless Drivers in Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hold the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key and the <strong>R<\/strong> key down at the same time, type <strong>devmgmt.msc<\/strong> in the pop-up box and hit Enter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/8-ways-to-open-device-manager-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open Device Manager<\/a>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/devmgmt.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Expand the <strong>Network adapters<\/strong> category, right-click on your wireless adapter and then select <strong>Uninstall device<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uninstall-wireless-adapter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uninstall-wireless-adapter.png 586w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uninstall-wireless-adapter-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>A new window will pop up. Click <strong>Uninstall<\/strong> to confirm. If you see the &#8220;<strong>Delete the driver software for this device<\/strong>&#8221; checkbox, make sure you leave it unchecked.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uninstall-wireless-driver.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uninstall-wireless-driver.png 340w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uninstall-wireless-driver-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;<strong>Scan for hardware changes<\/strong>&#8221; icon on the toolbar to automatically search and reinstall wireless drivers.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/scan-for-hardware-changes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/scan-for-hardware-changes.png 538w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/scan-for-hardware-changes-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Restart your computer to see if your connectivity issue has been resolved.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wireless connection stops working suddenly? Windows 10 does not show available Wi-Fi networks? To fix any of such wireless connection issues, an easy first step is to reinstall wireless drivers. This article shows you how to reinstall wireless drivers in 4 steps on Windows 10 \/ 8 \/7. How to Reinstall Wireless Drivers in Windows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39],"tags":[4667,4666],"class_list":["post-16969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-reinstall-wireless-adapter-windows-10","tag-reinstall-wireless-driver-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16969"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16978,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16969\/revisions\/16978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}