Windows 8.1 Network Adapter Issues

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DustyMouse

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Hello,
This is the make/model of my laptop: Acer Aspire M5-581T-6479.
Today I booted it up and I noticed it wasn't connected to my WiFi network. It cannot find any networks in the area, despite being next to my computer which can. It is not in airplane mode. I went to device manager, there is no tab which says "Network Adapters" unless I view hidden items. When I do view hidden items, everything in Network Adapters is greyed out except for "Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter." I could not find any drivers for this online.
Any help on how to solve this would be appreciated. I am running Windows 8.1. Any additional information can be given.
 
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DustyMouse

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Well I didn't go to Acer's website.. I just searched for "Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter Driver" and could not find anything I thought was reliable. I will check Acer's website right now.
Yes, I've had this laptop for about 6 months. It was working perfectly fine until I booted it up today.
 
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boosted1g

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that microsoft kernel driver is just a generic driver, that is not the issue here.

Does the laptop have a physical switch on it somewhere to turn the wireless on and off. If it does not have a physical switch then it has a keyboard key (fn + that key) to dissable it, make sure it is not dissabled there as well.

Did the laptop take any bit of a fall, if it did then the antenna connectors might have just come loose on the card, it is easy for them to fall off as they are very tiny.
 
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DustyMouse

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The laptop does not have a physical switch. The function + key is to turn on/off airplane mode. Airplane mode is currently off. The laptop did not fall, it sits on my desk all day.
Looks like downloading the latest drivers and restarting my computer fixed it. Thank you for your help.
 
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