Laptop wifi broken?

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OK so I have a laptop with Windows 8.1 and turned it off normally yesterday.
Now when I turn it on,my WiFi is disabled.

I get the Ethernet cable unplugged with the yellow symbol. Which is odd because I have WiFi and should be seeing signal bars. The box you see on desktop computers with no WiFi just Ethernet.... ;)

WiFi is intact,once I connect to WiFi,internet work fine,but once I disable or restart my PC I have to put my WiFi password every-time I turn on my laptop.

Something must of gotten broken and can't seem to fix it. System Restore does also not seem to complete the process.
I also re installed WiFi drivers,but all that did was make the internet icon back to signal bars not Ethernet.

Any ideas on why my icon for WiFi where changed and why my passwords won't save anymore?

Pictures should clear some things up.

With wifi connected.



In Airplane mode/Off:



Also this confuses me,since I am using wifi?


Edit: I used sfc scannow and it said it could not repair some files......
Anyone care to take a look? I can't re install my windows,I will lose to many programs.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
There is a keystroke on most laptops to turn wifi off and on - did you hit it accidentally? On mine it is FUNCTION -F3.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 consumer 64 bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire M5 481PT-6644
    CPU
    Intel Core I5
    Memory
    6 GB
    Hard Drives
    Spinning/SSD hybrid 500GB/20GB
    Mouse
    ELAN Trackpad
    Internet Speed
    18mbs/5mbs
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
jms209 said:
OK so I have a laptop with Windows 8.1 and turned it off normally yesterday.
Now when I turn it on,my WiFi is disabled.

I get the Ethernet cable unplugged with the yellow symbol. Which is odd because I have WiFi and should be seeing signal bars. The box you see on desktop computers with no WiFi just Ethernet.... ;)

WiFi is intact,once I connect to WiFi,internet work fine,but once I disable or restart my PC I have to put my WiFi password every-time I turn on my laptop.

Something must of gotten broken and can't seem to fix it. System Restore does also not seem to complete the process.
I also re installed WiFi drivers,but all that did was make the internet icon back to signal bars not Ethernet.

Any ideas on why my icon for WiFi where changed and why my passwords won't save anymore?

Pictures should clear some things up.

With wifi connected.



In Airplane mode/Off:



Also this confuses me,since I am using wifi?


Edit: I used sfc scannow and it said it could not repair some files......
Anyone care to take a look? I can't re install my windows,I will lose to many programs.
Click to expand...

In fact Hamachi has been causing similar problems on many different machines.

In this case Hamachi is very likely to be creating the problem, either configure Hamachi or uninstall it to fix the problem.

For the sfc /scannow which indicates system file integrity problem you will want to follow the advice in the following link to fix the system files and component store file problem may be present which the DISM repair command may fix.
http://www.eightforums.com/network-sharing/32278-accessing-internet.html#post284945
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
Installed Windows over Windows because for some reason even mounting ISOs would not work. Trying so many things,but nothing would fix it. After the install I still had all my files and programs,no harm done.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
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