Windows 10 - how to uninstall and reinstall network adapter driver without WiFi?

Hi Sunny,

Did you make any changes to the computer prior to the issue?

It finds the latest drivers from the hard drive.

Some of the things that you can perform to get the issue fixed are:

Update the network adapter driver

Roll back the network adapter driver

Temporarily turn off firewalls

Fix network connection issues

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/fix-network-connection-issues

Please revert if you face any issues with WiFi not working.

Thank you.

Hi Jessen,

>>Did you make any changes to the computer prior to the issue?

I bought the laptop 3 months ago.

The only change I made was to download a chess game from Microsoft.

Other than that, I did not make any other change.

But, Windows 10 makes very frequent, automatic, forced update.

So, to answer your question, I only made one change, but Microsoft has made many, many changes on my laptop.

>>It finds the latest drivers from the hard drive.

So, when I uninstall and reinstall the network adapter driver, I do not need internet connection?

Thank you.

Hi Sunny,

In response to your query, when you uninstall the network adapter driver and restart the computer, Windows will automatically look for stored drivers from your system and get it installed even if there is no network connectivity.

Hope this answers your query.

I uninstalled the network adapter driver, and reinstalled it.

It did not fix the original problem. My laptop still cannot connect to WiFi.

Hi Sunny,

Sorry to hear that you are still facing the issue.

Did you try the steps suggested in this  article?

If that doesn't help, do let us know the make and model of the computer so that we could look for available network adapter driver from the manufacturer's website.

Keep us posted.