If this happened suddenly for no apparent reason, right click and uninstall wifi driver. Exit Device Manager without trying to re-install anything. Shut down Windows normally. Remove charger. Press and hold power button for about 10 seconds to reset the battery. Plug charger back in and wait for battery charge LED to turn steady blue. Then turn machine on again.
my wifi driver isnt working - acer nitro 5 an515-55
i have acer nitro 5
windows 10 64
an515-55
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Hi @abdalrahim,
In Device Manager, select Network adapters. Then click Action. Click Scan for hardware changes. Then Windows will detect the missing driver for your wireless network adapter and reinstall it automatically.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-wi-fi-connection-issues-in-windows-9424a1f7-6a3b-65a6-4d78-7f07eee84d2c#:~:text=In the search box on,and then follow the instructions.
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If this happened suddenly for no apparent reason, right click and uninstall wifi driver. Exit Device Manager without trying to re-install anything. Shut down Windows normally. Remove charger. Press and hold power button for about 10 seconds to reset the battery. Plug charger back in and wait for battery charge LED to turn steady blue. Then turn machine on again.
Jack E/NJ
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Hi @abdalrahim,
- pen "File Explorer"
- Click on "This PC"
- Right click on "C:"
- Click on "Proprieties"
- Click on "Clean-up disk"
- Click on "Clean up system files"
- Select every option in the list, but not "Download"
- Click on "OK"
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If this happened suddenly for no apparent reason, right click and uninstall wifi driver. Exit Device Manager without trying to re-install anything. Shut down Windows normally. Remove charger. Press and hold power button for about 10 seconds to reset the battery. Plug charger back in and wait for battery charge LED to turn steady blue. Then turn machine on again.
Jack E/NJ
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This! Thanks Trailblazer. Hope this will not be a routine we need to do every now and then. I remember I had an HP Omen and need to BIOS reset which resets everything and need to relog into my wifi and other stuff. So annoying.
thanks Trail!
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Sometimes a simple system restore will fix the issue..
Try windows x
click on power shell admin or command prompt admin
type rstrui
chose an earlier date on which your computer was working fine
click on next, finish, yes
It will restore your computer to an earlier date
if you get an message - system restore not completed - click on close
It will show you all the icons..
Try and check whether it is working now ..
It should work fine
If it is still not working..
Try windows x
Go to device manager - Go to Network adapter. Expand it
Right click on wireless driver - click on update - chose the 2nd option - search automatically - it will show you a new window - chose the 2nd option - Let me pick
It will show you the list of drivers. Choose the old driver, click on next, It will install .. click on close
Otherwise follow the same steps and install the driver one by one from the top on the list.
If it is still not working
Try windows x
Go to device manager - Go to Network adapter. Expand it
Uninstall the wireless driver from device manager. Restart the computer. It should work fine..
If it is still not working
Uninstall the wireless driver from device manager
Dont restart the computer.
Go to support.acer.com
chose your country
type snid or chose your model
go to drivers
Install the wireless driver
It should work fine
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@abdalrahim and @Winmac80
If it is still not working then we have to do a refresh and reset
click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started
or
on start - type here to search - type reset this pc - click on reset this pc on the top - click on get started
It will show you keep my files and remove everything
chose keep my files
chose the account - type the password - click on local reinstall - click on reset
It will be in progress..
login to computer and start using the computer.
If it is still not working
click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started
chose remove everything
click on local reinstall - just remove my files - click on reset
It will be in progress
Note:
If you do refresh ( keep my files ) - all your personal files like pictures, music , documents , videos will still be intact. Only the applications will be lost
If you do reset ( remove everything ) - you are doing a factory default. It will become like a day one computer. It will wipe out everything and take your computer to day one like a new computer.
You can also do the recovery in an alternative way..
There are two alt keys on the keyboard. If you look at the bottom row of keyboard you can see the one on the left side of space bar and the other on the right side of space bar. The alt key on the right side will be looking like alt, alt gr or alt car. Turn off the computer. Hold the alt key on the left and tap f10 continuously. It will go to repair mode. It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot. If it is not going to repair mode, turn off the computer. Turn on the computer. Hold the right alt key ( alt gr or alt car or alt ) and then tap f10 continuously. It will go to chose an option continue and troubleshoot..
It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot
Go to troubleshoot - click on reset this pc
click on keep my files ( only applications will be lost ) chose your account and type your password - click on local reinstall - click on reset
It will be in progress
If the keep my files option is not working
Go to troubleshoot - click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – just remove my files – click on reset
It will reinstall windows.
If the just remove my files is not working..
Go to troubleshoot - click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – Fully clean the drive – click on reset
It will reinstall windows.
Note: You can also go to chose an option , continue , troubleshoot by holding the alt key + tapping f10 or alt gr + tapping f10 on the keyboard while turning on the computer. Once you see the troubleshoot option, you can stop tapping the f10 and stop holding the alt key. Then you can try the keep my files and remove everything ( just remove by files and fully clean the drive ) by following the steps which was mentioned above.
Click on "Like" if you find my answer useful
Click on "Yes" if it answers your question.
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Hi @abdalrahim
You can try to do a reset to check if that makes any difference.
Check the above link to do a reset.
NOTE: Make sure to backup all the data before the reset.
Hope it will help you in some way.
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YOU SAVED MY LIFE! THANK YOU SO MUCH
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