Missing driver to connect to internet

Some drivers are large in size and you may need to burn the file typically a 'setup. For information on how to install a driver file, please see this previously written Gazette article: The Ultimate Program and Drive Installation Guide PS: If your computer is royally messed up, you may need to backup your critical files and reinstall Windows.

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Showing results for. Search instead for. To fix it, you need to enable the driver. For that, open Device Manager as shown above. Then right-click on your network driver under Network adapters and select Enable driver.

It will have a yellow icon next to it. Right-click on the driver and select Update driver from the list. Restart your device. Step 2 : In the Device Manager, click on the View option in the toolbar at the top and select Show hidden devices. Make sure airplane mode is turned off on your system. Also, check for a physical button for Wi-Fi, use it to enable Wi-Fi. If you use VPN on your computer, try disabling or uninstalling it for a while.

Then restart your PC. Similarly, either disable the antivirus or check if an update is available. At times, even the antivirus requires a restart. Lastly, if nothing works, reset network settings. Doing that will revert all the network settings to their default values. We hope the above solutions would have brought back the network adapter on your PC. In case it persists, we would suggest you check Windows update service too. Sometimes, there is a mismatch between the network adapter and the current Windows version.

Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by PudgyOne Solved. Unable to connect to the internet because of missing modem drive? Hi There I just refromated my computer properly and I was wondering if anyone knew what driver I need to install in order for my laptop to be able to connect to the internet.

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