Yesterday I turn on my laptop, open a browser, and the Internet does not work. I look at the status of the Internet connection, and there the Wi-Fi network is crossed out with a red cross. I click on it and see the status"No connections available".
See screenshot:
I went straight toControl Panel Network and Internet Network Connections Adapter, The wireless network connection is on, but again no connections are available. I checked, on my phone and tablet, my Wi-Fi network is displayed. Strange situation. Everything is included, everything seems to be working, and Windows 7 does not want to see the wireless network in any way. Moreover, Wi-Fi disappeared suddenly. When I turned off the computer, everything worked.
I think I'll start diagnostics, and suddenly it will help. Launched:
The system looked for something there, and gave me a window with a proposal"Enable ability to use wireless network"... I agreed by choosing "Apply this fix".
Oddly enough, Wi-Fi started working right away. The laptop connected itself to the Wi-Fi network. All that remains is to close the diagnostic window.
That's all, the problem with "No available connections" is resolved. That's just not clear why at the end, the system diagnostics showed "Wireless disabled", and how Windows would fix this if the Wi-Fi adapter was enabled. Also, I like the status in the diagnostic window: "Searching for additional problems ..." :). Windows already has enough of them.
If as a result you get a message that the problem is "not fixed", then see the article Wireless disabled - not fixed. Or try the solutions below.
We activate the Wi-Fi module with a keyboard shortcut or a switch on a laptop
Update: As practice shows, when a red cross appears on the Wi-Fi icon and the status "No connection - No available connections", this may mean that the wireless module is simply disabled in Windows 7.
Therefore, I decided to supplement this article and show you how to enable it. Special thanks to Olya, who shared this solution in the comments, and judging by the reviews, it came in handy and helped a lot.
If you have a laptop, then Wi-Fi can be enabled there in two ways: by a keyboard shortcut, or by a separate switch (button) on the laptop case. Typically, these separate switches were only installed on older models.
Therefore, if you already have an old laptop, then we look at the sides, on the front edge, above the keyboard, to see if there is a switch. Usually, a wireless network antenna is drawn next to it. They look something like this:
If there is no such switch on your laptop, then try activating the wireless module with a keyboard shortcut. Usually, for this, the FN key is used in conjunction with a key from the F1, F2 row ... It should also have a wireless network icon.
On an ASUS laptop, for example, these are the FN + F2 keys.
We press these keys together and look at the icon that shows the connection status. The laptop should see available wireless networks.
If this solution does not help, and the WLAN service (which I wrote about below) is working, then try downloading and installing the utility that is responsible for managing wireless networks, function keys, or power. Almost every laptop manufacturer has such a utility. You can download it from the manufacturer's official website, on the download page for your laptop model. In the same place as the drivers. Perhaps in the "Utilities" section. After installation, you can try again to activate Wi-Fi using the function keys.
More information in the article: Wi-Fi does not work on a laptop. What to do?
"No available connections": check if the WLAN autoconfiguration service is enabled
If the WLAN autoconfiguration service is disabled, then Windows simply cannot find Wi-Fi networks. Therefore, the Wi-Fi icon will be crossed out with a red cross, with the status "No available connections".
Let's check. Open the start menu, right click on Computer and select item Control.
In the new window go to the tab Services, and find in the list "WLAN Auto Configuration Service"... The condition should be "Working"and the startup type is "Automatically".
If yours is wrong, then right-click on the service and select Run... Better yet, open the properties, set the startup type there - automatically, and restart your computer.
Update: If you press the Win + X keyboard shortcut in Windows 7, Windows Mobility Center will appear. Where there is a separate item "Wireless". Click on the "Enable Wireless" button.
Perhaps after that WiFi will work.
Update: rolling back the driver, removing the Wi-Fi adapter
In the comments, Vladislav suggested a working solution with which he got rid of this problem.
He first did a rollback of the wireless adapter driver in Device Manager (but I guess that didn't help).
But removing the Wi-Fi adapter from the device manager very often solves a variety of problems associated with a wireless connection.
Important! Before uninstalling, it is advisable to download a suitable driver for your adapter to your computer. After a reboot, the system may not be able to install the driver by itself, and the installation must be done manually.
Confirm uninstallation and restart your computer.
In fact, such a problem can appear due to various reasons, and diagnostics will not always help. But, in my case, everything worked, you can say without my any actions. And now I would start checking drivers and all that. Later I will try to write about other reasons and solutions for the problem with the "No available connections" status in Windows 7. And also, before running the diagnostics and doing something, check if you have a Wi-Fi network nearby. After all, the connection status will be exactly the same if there is no wireless network nearby.
