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
    2024-03-07T21:48:56+00:00

    Just say NO INTERNET - its to the left of the grey button, you can configure it later on

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-29T15:08:38+00:00

    If he is having the same problem, in a new Windows install there is a point where it wants you to connect to the internet, but you get “cannot connect to the internet no Ethernet connection detected”. No WiFi networks are being detected.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T20:19:26+00:00

    Hi All,

    I had this issue as well and turned on my phone's Hotspot.

    This did not work either, so I read some more posts below and this gave me the idea.

    I went onto the mobile hotspot settings in my phone and turned on Bluetooth Sharing (didn't seem to work)

    but then turned on USB sharing and plugged (for my setup) a USB-C male to a USB-C male cable (from my NVME external drive) into my phone and then into the laptop (Dell 7430).

    Bang....There it was connected.

    It then proceeded to use my mobile data to finish off the install.

    Then when it went to the main windows page, I was able to log into all my networks.

    Job done.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-23T03:14:28+00:00

    This worked for me as well! Thanks for the suggestion, I did not know this was an option. I used my Samsung Galaxy S8 to tether to my new PC build to connect to a network.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-25T21:20:03+00:00

    none of thoes steps are working

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