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1. Turn Wifi On Windows 10

I've just done a clean install of Windows 10 on an old laptop (Lenovo E320), with an Intel Wireless N-1000 network adaptor. Every time the computer starts up, the WiFi won't connect, and when I check the device properties it has a 'Device Cannot Start (Code 10)' error.

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To fix this, all I have to do is go to the 'Driver' tab and disable/enable the device, and the Wifi connects instantly and is rock solid. But I have to do this every - single - time I start the computer, and it's driving me insane.

I've tried everything I can think of, uninstalled and re-installed drivers for the device in question (multiple different versions), power management devices/settings/software, tried various bloatware from Intel and Lenovo, completely re-installed the OS, nothing works.

Some very old forum posts suggested it may have something to do with UEFI/Legacy BIOS settings, but that's a bit beyond me unfortunately. The laptop also has a WiFi on/off function key which I've noticed doesn't work. I think this may be connected but I've been unable to get the function key working either.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated. At this point I'd be happy enough if I could have some sort of script run on startup that disabled/enabled the WiFi for me.

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Sorry I am reviving an old thread, I found a solution to this problem, and others like me who google and find this thread might like to know how I fixed mine.

I went into the adaptor settings and then into configure on the 'Connect using' option.This brings up the wireless network device settings.From there you can choose power management and deselect 'allow the computer to turn off this device to save power'After this it resolved the issue on two different laptops for me.This was on both an MSI GS70 stealth and a Microsoft Surface 3

I encountered the same problem after I initially performed a clean install of Windows 10 on my 9-year-old laptop. After quite a bit of online research, I was able to alleviate the problem by disabling the Fast Startup function:

1. Press + X

2. Select Power Options

3. Select Choose what the power buttons do on the upper-left

4. Select Change settings that are currently unavailable

5. Scroll to the bottom of the window and uncheck the box associated with Turn on fast startup

6. Click the button to Save changes

7. Reboot your system

(Source: The Pros and Cons of Windows 10’s “Fast Startup” Mode)

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Turn Wifi On Windows 10

Right click and proprties for your wifi adaptor, click 'advance' tab, choose 'EnableAdaptivity' and change option as 'Disable'. Take a try this if you must disable/enable your wifi card to connect network on every start of windows.

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After multiple unsolvable networking issues with Windows 10, I decided to reinstall (after trying the full 'refresh' option, which unfortunately didn't do a whole lot).

After reinstalling, I have a new problem which wasn't happening previously: My HUAWEI LTE USB WIFI adapter is disabled after shutting down, every time. It can be resolved by quickly unplugging from USB and reconnecting, after 3 seconds it is again set to enabled and works fine.

I also have a LAN connection to the internet via a different, albeit much slower provider, as well as a Cisco AnyConnect VPN network adapter which is mostly disabled.

I also am using batch files to set the metric, since the LTE is my primary internet and the LAN is only a backup and generally only used to connect to other devices in the network - and because Windows assumes the LAN connection is the fastest, thereby setting the metric to the highest priority...

The LTE USB modem Power Management option to turn off the device to save power is disabled.

Checking Event Viewer, I see no errors or warnings relating to anything networking.

How can I force Windows 10 to enable my LTE modem during startup?

Edit:

According to Device manager, all drivers are accounted for:

The device driver is 1.0.17.0 (7/10/2014) from HUAWEI. There are no available updates, nor any updates or drivers to be found via Googling or on HUAWEI's website.

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