"Connect Automatically" box is checked for all the networks in range

Hi Anne, 

I also forgot to add that Windows updates can knock-out non-Microsoft Drivers and replace them with Microsoft Drivers as well as new updates re-installing old non-Microsoft Drivers (your manufacturers).  

Its always best to have the very latest BLUETOOTH Driver (which is more important than the very latest WIFI Driver). The stting that works for me is the very latest 2016 Intel BLUETOOTH adaptor while my Intel WIFI Driver is 1 year and 5 months older than my BLUETOOTH Driver.

BLUETOOTH is a huge problem for WIFI as their signal roaming and strengths interfere with each other. Always DISABLE BLUETOOTH when you are not using it (right click your WIFI adaptor and click 'Properties' at bottom and then find 'Bluetooth' and click on 'Disable' on right-hand side option). While your their click on 'Configure' and look at 'Power Management' tab and clear the tick for 'Turn off this device when not in use' or something like that. 

Regards.

HI VF,

Thanks for contact and pointing out my mistaken assumption of your original post. A case of mixing up one thread with others posting for solutions to get rid of specific profiles plaguing them. Many apologies.

Your issue is entirely security related and an entirely legitimate concern. And your are right, as consumers the WIFI OEM's sell us NIC's/Adaptors assuming a world full of good co-operative 'white-hearts' to automatically connect to each other when the sick reality is a significant number of 'black-hearts' automatically receive our innocent wifi profiles through our machines constant active broadcasts and then harm us, then leave it to us to find solutions to their open access protocols.

I am in the middle of uploading over 100 auction listings on Ebay and as soon as this is done I will gladly investigate and respond back to you.

Apologies for confusion and thanks for correcting me.

Many regards.

Wow Vince,

Many thanks. You actually restored my faith in humanity's manners. I provided a solution to a long running thread that was frustrating Windows users and you'd think a quick thanks would be sacrificed. Especially from the thread starter.

The fact is my effort was worth it to benefit individuals like (unlike may be planted competitor complaints . . . or  is this mischevious conspiracy theory a step too far LOL).

Enjoy your clean wifi profile.

Regards.

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Hi,

I would request you to provide a screen shot on the issue. You can follow the steps to add an image related to this issue:

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b) Browse and locate the screen shot. Add it.

Please get back to us with the required information which would help us to troubleshoot the issue better.

Hi,

I can certainly understand the inconvenience which you are facing at the moment. We will work together and try to resolve the issue.

Please assist me with few more information related to this issue:

1)      What is the Model of the HP laptop?

2)      Did you make any changes to the wireless network settings prior to this issue?

This could be an issue with network settings or the drivers for the wireless network installed on the computer.

I would like to inform you that when you connect to a new wireless network, it’s added to the list, and Windows will connect to that network while it’s in range. If you connect to another wireless network while in range of the first network, Windows will prefer the second network over the first one.

You can refer to the link look for the settings and to manage wireless network profiles:

Refer the section “Delete a profile within range”

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/manage-wireless-network-profiles

From the same link, you can also use the option to delete the profile network using “Forget this network” option, if the network is within the range.

If the issue still persists, I would suggest you to follow the methods and check if it helps:

Method 1:

You can refer to the link and follow the steps from the link to troubleshoot the issue:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows/network-connection-problem-help#network-problems=windows-8&v1h=win8tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

If the issue still persists, move to the next method.

Method 2:

Check if you have installed the latest wireless network driver. To do so, you can refer to the HP website and look for the latest version of network driver for the model which you are using. If the drivers are already up-to-date, let’s uninstall and reinstall the driver and check if it resolves the issue.

Follow the steps to uninstall and reinstall the latest version of the network adapter driver:

Note: Please make sure that you download the latest version of the drivers from the manufacturer website.

a)            Press Windows and X key on the desktop screen.

b)            Click on Device Manager.

c)            Locate the Network adapter and expand the driver icon.

d)            Right click on the wireless driver icon and click on Uninstall.

e)            Follow the onscreen instructions to uninstall the driver.

f)             Open the folder which contains the setup file of the latest driver that you have downloaded or already present on the computer.

g)            Double click on the setup file and follow the onscreen instructions to install the network adapter driver.

Please get back to us with the status of this issue. We will be happy to assist you ahead.