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