Ok, so I had the same problem where, I could not connect to the internet wirelessly. I tried and tried all of the solutions posted here, then I started trying other things. finally I tried clicking the HP emblem at the bottom of the task bar. then I clicked HP recovery manager and I re-downloaded all he drivers that had to do with the connecting to the internet. you need the internet to do this so I didn't think it would work, however it got through the first driver fine, however that's the only one that finished re-downloading, I got frustrated and force shut down my computer. I left if sitting there for the next 10-12 hours opened it up and boom, It started to work. the driver that I completely downloaded was named: "HP wireless Button Driver for windows 8."