Does not connect automatically upon restart

[George Sirk]

Problem reconnecting to wifi


I am using windows 10 version 1607 on an HP and a Dell computer.

They behave differently when I startup or restart computer.

WIFI is supposed to connect automatically on both machines.
On the HP, it starts up ok with the wifi connection
what I see is as follows:

On the first screen a picture appears with an icon near bottom
this is an icon that looks like radio waves
There is a red X on it.
This X vanishes in a moment.
After entering the password desktop appears and wi fi is ON.

However, on the Dell computer I have to connect to wifi manually
what I see is as follows:

On the first screen a picture appears with an icon near bottom
this is an icon that is rectangular in shape.
Unless I click on this icon and connect to wifi
I get no wifi after entering password.
Lose wifi connection again upon restart or startup.

Is there a set of options that I should turn on or off to make wifi connect automatically
Let me know I f you have a clue. Thanks
George

 

[George Sirk]

Problem reconnecting to wifi


I am using windows 10 version 1607 on an HP and a Dell computer.

They behave differently when I startup or restart computer.

WIFI is supposed to connect automatically on both machines.
On the HP, it starts up ok with the wifi connection
what I see is as follows:

On the first screen a picture appears with an icon near bottom
this is an icon that looks like radio waves
There is a red X on it.
This X vanishes in a moment.
After entering the password desktop appears and wi fi is ON.

However, on the Dell computer I have to connect to wifi manually
what I see is as follows:

On the first screen a picture appears with an icon near bottom
this is an icon that is rectangular in shape.
Unless I click on this icon and connect to wifi
I get no wifi after entering password.
Lose wifi connection again upon restart or startup.

Is there a set of options that I should turn on or off to make wifi connect automatically
Let me know I f you have a clue. Thanks
George

Problem reconnecting to wifi


I am using windows 10 version 1607 on an HP and a Dell computer.

They behave differently when I startup or restart computer.

WIFI is supposed to connect automatically on both machines.
On the HP, it starts up ok with the wifi connection
what I see is as follows:

On the first screen a picture appears with an icon near bottom
this is an icon that looks like radio waves
There is a red X on it.
This X vanishes in a moment.
After entering the password desktop appears and wi fi is ON.

However, on the Dell computer I have to connect to wifi manually
what I see is as follows:

On the first screen a picture appears with an icon near bottom
this is an icon that is rectangular in shape.
Unless I click on this icon and connect to wifi
I get no wifi after entering password.
Lose wifi connection again upon restart or startup.

Is there a set of options that I should turn on or off to make wifi connect automatically
Let me know I f you have a clue. Thanks
George

 

[George Sirk]

I found a partial s

I got my wi-fi connecting automatically on boot.
After making following changes:

I have both LAN and wi-fi connections.

My Lan connections were plugged into a different router.
On the network menu the lan appeared as network 2
and the wi-fi list was below showing available routers


I uninstalled, deleted, the lan network.
Restarted computer
now prior to logon the network icon appears as radio waves with an X through it
the X promptly vanishes.
Without clicking on this icon I just logon.
Now the wi-fi is connected automatically.

So far so good.

My next step is to plug the ehthernet cables into my main router and enable lan
and see what happens. (this would be the normal hookup)

The setup I had worked except that I had to connect wi-fi manually for each boot.
Created my own problem!
George

 

[Trouble]

Nice self troubleshooting George.
Thanks for letting us know, how you are progressing.