Monday, December 4, 2017

wireless networking - Wi-Fi not remembered by Windows 10 after reboot

We recently bought a small form factor desktop PC for one of our staff. Unfortunately it doesn't remember the default home Wi-Fi network after a reboot.



Normally we distribute laptops to staff which they can use at home, but in this case we wanted to place a small desktop PC with someone at home. All our laptops are member of a Windows domain and so is this desktop PC. When we test with a laptop the Wi-Fi is remembered after a reboot, but when we use the Desktop PC it is not.



We've tried a bunch of things:





  • updating/reinstalling wireless drivers


  • forgetting the wifi name and adding it again


  • uninstalling OEM wireless tools (Intel PROset)


  • bare (non-OEM) Windows-10 installation


  • disabling device power management


  • add fMinimizeConnections registry key


  • run the window 'Network Troubleshooter'


  • disable Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter


  • turn off Windows Network Connectivity Status Indicator active tests



  • turn off Fast Startup feature


  • change the security permissions of Wlansvc directory


  • remove specific files from Wlansvc directory


  • manually create a new wireless network connection


  • Perform DISM and SFC scan


  • disable: 'Minimize the number of simultaneous connections to the Internet or a Windows Domain'




...all to no avail.




Does Windows 10 (v1903) treat Desktop PCs differently than Laptops? Can we override such behaviour using group policy perhaps? Has anyone seen similar behaviour?

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