'Windows Could Not Find a Driver for Your Network Adapter': How to Fix It

Tech & Gaming
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ran the windows network troubleshooter and got ‘windows could not find a driver for your network adapter.’ wifi is not working at all, not showing any networks.

device manager shows the network adapter but it has a yellow warning icon. tried updating the driver through device manager and it said the driver is up to date.

this happened after a windows update. connection was fine before.

what’s the actual fix for this? the driver manager saying it’s up to date clearly isn’t right if the adapter isn’t working. how do i get the right driver and install it correctly when i can’t use wifi to download anything?

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USB tethering from your phone being the way to get internet on a driverless machine is essential knowledge for this situation. you need internet to download the driver but can’t get internet without the driver. phone USB tethering breaks the chicken-and-egg problem in two minutes.