Windows 11 fresh installation "Let's connect you to a network" stuck

Anonymous
2021-12-19T04:04:06+00:00

Hi,

I am trying to install Win11 on my new Lenovo Air14. It was delivered with a Chinese version if the OS, so I formatted everything. I created a USB-drive with a second PC using the Media Creation Tool, but now I am stuck at the "Let's connect you to a network" screen.

No Networks are shown (my other Notebook right next to it shows 29)

Next doesn't work (greyed out)

Shift + F10 doesn't work

ALT+F4, doesn't work

I can't open any of the three options on the bottom right (greyed out)

The only FN keys working are brightness, volume and "project screen" (Win+P)

Anything I can do? I thought about trying to install Win10 first and then update.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-13T18:57:41+00:00

    I had the same problem with no networks showing installing windows 11 on a new drive in a laptop. I ended up connecting my phone via usb and switched on usb tethering and it worked a treat. Everythin installed fine after that.

    This is what finally worked for me. Got a new HP Envy 360 with a laughably small 256gb NVME and 8gb of ram so first order of business was to upgrade both. There is no driver disk as there is no disk drive. Seriously how are people suggesting this when almost no modern PCs ship with optical drives anymore? This is a thin n light so there's also no lan port. Installed the driver via shift>f10 via a USB stick and it still got stuck on attempting to connect with wifi even after scanning for devices.

    Finally saw your comment and felt stupid I hadn't thought to try that to begin with. Worked perfectly.

    Thank You!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-21T21:46:14+00:00

    Ok so, for me, Win+E didn't do anything on that screen. So that solution unfortunately didn't work.

    What worked for me was what another user here suggested: connecting my cellphone (Samsung S21) to the NUC using a USB cable and then, on the phone's USB settings, enabled tethering. As soon as I did that, a network appeared on that Win11 setup screen which I was able to select and continue the installation.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-21T20:52:59+00:00

    Thank you for this tip! I just received my Nuc12 pro and having the same issue. I'll try your suggestion

    Thanks again!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-11T01:58:08+00:00

    This likely means that out of the box, Windows was unable to detect any networking equipment and/or network connections. This happened to me for my Intel NUC 12.

    I was able to download drivers from Intel website on a different computer, load them onto a USB drive, press Win+E to open Explorer to run the driver setup.

    The part that wasn't apparent to me was that you can press Win+E to launch Explorer despite the fact that you seem to be in an inescapable setup flow.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-08-12T03:28:17+00:00

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