Cannot connect wireless internet for my desktop

sjp3568

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Hello fellow readers -

I own a desktop that uses wireless adapter (USB) to connect to internet. All of a sudden, since yesterday (December 16, 2017) I am not able to connect to the home wireless. After I hit connect to wireless, it thinks for a second (verifying and connecting to wireless) and then a message that says "Can't connect to this network" pops up.

(Note I just had a windows update before this problem, maybe this is the cause of the issue).

At first, I thought it was a bad wireless adapter, so I went out and bought a new adapter (TP-Link AC1300). But still cannot connect to the wireless. I've tried the following:

1. uninstall and reinstall the wireless adapter driver
2. command prompt (admin) "netsh winsock reset catalog" -> "netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log"

But still having an issue...

Anyone have a alternative suggestion to fixing the problem?

Thanks everyone for reading!
 

sjp3568

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Question from sjp3568 : "Trouble connecting to wireless for my desktop"

Hello fellow readers -

I own a desktop that uses wireless adapter (USB) to connect to internet. All of a sudden, since yesterday (December 16, 2017) I am not able to connect to the home wireless. After I hit connect to wireless, it thinks for a second (verifying and connecting to wireless) and then a message that says "Can't connect to this network" pops up.

(Note I just had a windows update before this problem, maybe this is the cause of the issue).

At first, I thought it was a bad wireless adapter, so I went out and bought a new adapter (TP-Link AC1300). But still cannot connect to the wireless. I've tried the following:

1. uninstall and reinstall the wireless adapter driver
2. command prompt (admin) "netsh winsock reset catalog" -> "netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log"

But still having an issue...

Anyone have a alternative suggestion to fixing the problem?

Thanks everyone for reading!