Wireless Network Will Not Connect Automatically On Boot

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I have Windows 7 Professional. Every time I boot up I have to to click on wireless icon & enter code key to connect to net. When I go to Network & Sharing Center, active network is showing. When I go to Manage Wireless Networks, active network not listed. When I try to manually add it, I fill in all data and click next, I get notice that access is denied. I have admin. rights. Have talked w/HP & router people to no avail. Just need to find fix that will automatically connect to internet on boot without necessity of entering key code each time I boot up. Would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

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open search, type "services.msc" open services.

Scroll down to "wlan auto config" right click, stop the service.

Navigate to

"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\ delete everything in this folder leaving only a folder called "profiles" delete everything in the "profiles" folder except for a folder called "interfaces" delete everything in the "interfaces" folder)

Restart "wlan auto config" connect to your wireless network, enter

your passkey, (ensure the connect automaticly box is checked)

Restart your computer job done, your computer will now connect to your wireless network automaticly on boot.

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Hi all, I followed the above advice and thank God you guys got it just right!!! The tip from Fikin to Smokey was right on!! He said to:

I saw this very frustrating issue on both my work and home WLAN. A colleague has helped me to identify the issue and the fix we used is posted below;

Go to the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\Profiles (it's hidden folder so you'll have to manually type the path from the windows start bar),
Give the local Administrators group full permissions;

a) In windows explorer, right click within the folder and select properties

b) Select the Security tab

c) Click Edit

d) Select the Administrators group (or if it's not there already, add it)

e) Ensure all the permissions are ticked, with the exception of special permissions,

f) Click OK then OK.

Try adding a wireless profile again by going to Network and Sharing Centre - you should not now get the "Access Denied" message.

Hope it helps!

Nikki

This worked Great!!! p.s, I copied and pasted the folder location instead of typing it out. This fixed it, Thank God. It was just so frustrating. Thanks all, Ben.

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Anonymous

2012-12-14T05:12:14+00:00

Not sure if this will help, but my fix was really simple.

I manually connected to the wireless internet.

Then, I clicked on the internet access icon in my task bar. All wireless connections appeared. I right clicked on my preferred connection and selected properties. I went to the connections tab and check the box that said "Connect automatically when this network is in range."

Hope this helps!!

[SOLVED] This did not work for me. Many times I would connect, and check ON the "connect automatically" only to find it disappear later. First off, the problem affects 2 WIN7 laptops: an older Toshiba Tecra A8-S8514 running Ultimate 32bit as well as a newer HP dm4-2165 with Home Premium 64bit, and it seems to have been brought on by a Windows update. Other family laptops have not been affected. Here's what HAS worked... Start... search... services.msc Find WLANAutoConfig... right-click and disable it. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to \ProgramData\Wlansvc\Profiles\Interfaces{bigBUNCHofLETTERSandNUMBERS}\anotherBIGbunchxxxxxxxxx.xml and each .xml entry is a different WiFi "remembered" access point. Delete the .xml files. Back to services.msc, re-enable WLANAutoConfig and re-connect, checking "connect automatically". NOW DO NOT SKIP THE NEXT STEP: back in Windows Explorer, find the newly created .xml file in the same place as you deleted the old one(s), right click it and select READ-ONLY. Until I did that simple step, SOMETHING was converting "auto" into "manual" in the background over and over. Kudos to the first person to suggest where to delete the interfaces! Pres W2PW
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Joanna please do not start with this fix. There are other easier things to do first. To others who have tried it all:

1.	Set up a wireless profile If you don't already have one. Most users can skip to step 2 <br><br><br>We use a WPA-2 PSK with AES. But use whatever best suits your needs.
2.	Check your WLAN profile name. <br><br><br>In a command prompt, get the name of your profile by running netsh wlan show profile. If you don't know how to get to a cmd prompt, one way is to hold down the windows key and hit <br>R <br><br>
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3.	Create a registry entry<br><br>run regedit<br><br><br>Find the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry key.<br><br><br>Add a string value to the above mentioned key. Call it anything (WLAN prelogon), but its value data should be<br> <br><br>%comspec% /c netsh wlan connect name="<profile name>" <br><br><br>Of course, replace <profile name> with your profile name that you previously found in Step 2.
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Conclusion

As long as the wireless hardware switch is turned on, the computer will now connect to the wireless network before any user logs on. Just make sure there is a fire extinguisher handy. in case there's a .......fire or something. Please note that I did not create this. I copied this from a Network Engineer type dude who was working on getting his underlings connected to a domain. But this is suitable for home use

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Anonymous

2012-12-05T13:35:47+00:00

Look through the previous 5 pages and you are sure to find the fix that works for you. Follow the instructions closely and you'll achieve a fix ...One of them will. You might have to try a few different ones.
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