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Netgear AC1200 USB is not detecting my wifi network
Yesterday my AC1200 USB which was has been working fine for several months stoped connecting to my wifi abruptly. When I try to connect to my wifi network Windows says no networks are detected. I stil...
I’m using Windows 11 and I have tried different ports. I think I may have misdiagnosed the issue though. At first, my wifi was on but there were no networks detected. But now, my wifi option isn’t even available and I can’t see it in settings. When I go into Network Connections via Control Panel I can’t enable my wifi there as well. It’s in a permanent state of disabled (not sure if that’s a NetGear or Windows issue). Also, when I shut down my PC is takes a long time and I see a blue screen with the error code DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. I’m honestly not sure if the problem is with Windows or NetGear.
AaronSinn wrote:
Also, when I shut down my PC is takes a long time and I see a blue screen with the error code DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. I’m honestly not sure if the problem is with Windows or NetGear.
Uh oh. Windows hell.
My next suggestion would have been to tell Windows to forget the "hidden" USB versions of the drivers.
Every time you connect a USB device it adds it to the catalogue of known devices. It can help to delete the ones that are no longer connected.
Wifi adapters
Look in "Device Manager" for "Hidden Devices", and remove, the ones that are no longer connected.
Your problem sounds more troublesome. You may be into "system restore" territory. But this may not be the best place to go into that.
Good luck.
Turns out the problem was the USB device itself! I thought it was a Windows problem so very long story short I reinstalled Windows on my desktop. However I continued to have the same problem. When I try to shut down my computer with the NetGear USB in a port, it takes forever and I get the DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE message. Without the USB in my PC shuts down very quick and I get no error message. I ordered another USB adapter off Amazon and it's been working well so far. I probably should have done more troubling shooting before I jumped to the conclusion that Windows was the problem.
While I was going through hell trying to get Windows reinstalled, the devil was right beside me the whole time 😞