Question: How can I get the wireless adapters list to show up on Network connections window?
Recently I have noticed the following icon on windows 7 system tray. Ironically this has no effect on connecting to the network.
Typically the device will display the following Icon on system tray.
In the Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections there is no adapters display. Below is the current status.
Intel PROSet/Wireless tool test results
Status on current investigation:
I have tried in uninstall and reinstall the drivers. In the process I completely loss network connectivity. A restore system was done from a previous update to get back network connectivity (Not a pleasant experience)
I reinstall the drivers from manufacture with out much success.
When I open the device manager and click on the properties of the network adapters I see the following error.
Background: I have been encountering windows update issues as described in Windows 7 Update Failed on Multiple attempts post. Analyzing the cbs.log file has led me similar articles as follows Fix Windows Update issues which reference a windows networking issue.
References:
- How to troubleshoot missing network connections icons in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP
- Windows-7 wireless adapter gone missing
1 Answer
The issue might be related to a corrupted registry. Follow are few suggestions
- Click Start and type
regedit - Save/Backup the current registry settings Backup and restore the registry in Windows 7
- Alternatively you could go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network, right click on Network and export the Network folder only - Select the Network folder. Select
configvariable from the right hand pane which has a binary value. Delete this variable. - Close the registry editor and open the network connection folder. Sometimes a re-boot might be necessary.
Try this out. Hope this of help.
