Are you having trouble connecting to a WiFi network on your Windows 7 computer? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to enable your wireless network adapter on Windows 7, which will also work for Windows 8 and Windows 10 as well.
First, open up the Start menu by left-clicking on the start button one time. Then, type in “device manager” and select it from the list of results. This will open up the Device Manager window. Once you’re in the Device Manager, expand the network adapter section by double-clicking on it or left-clicking on the little arrow next to it.
You should see a network adapter listed in here. Right-click on it and then left-click on “enable”. Keep in mind that all we’re doing in this tutorial is enabling our network adapter, so if you don’t have access to any network, this tutorial won’t address that issue.
If you’re still having problems with your network, you can try flushing your DNS resolver cache. To do this, close out of Device Manager and go back to the Start menu. Type in “CMD” and right-click on it, then left-click on “Run as administrator”. If you receive a user account control window, click “yes” to continue.
In the elevated command line window, type in “ipconfig /flushdns” exactly as it appears on the screen, then hit enter. You should see a message that says “successfully flushed the DNS resolver cache”. Then, type in “netsh winsock reset” and hit enter. You should see a message that says “successfully reset the winsock catalog. You must restart the computer in order to complete the reset.”
At this point, we recommend restarting your computer and hopefully your issue will be resolved. Thanks for reading this tutorial, we hope it was able to help you out!