Hello everyone,

I know it's a common issue on both Windows 10 & Windows 11, but so far I have checked many threads for a solution without avail.

My laptop is an HP Envy 13-D110NF, I am running on an Intel Core I5 and my Wi-Fi driver is Realtek RTL8xxx Wireless LAN or Realtek RTL8723BE/RTL8188EE 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN (not really sure on this one).

Here are the screenshots on Imgur : https://imgur.com/a/0eWkeQ4

My WiFi driver is completely gone (1), the Troubleshooter is telling that I have no driver for my Network Adapter (3).

I tried to reinstall the official pilot on HP Support and restarted my PC, but it did not work. The network adapter just doesn't show up on the device manager (5).

I also used the "Startup Repairs" from my BIOS menu to reinstall my wifi network adapter, as advised on this thread, but it had no effect.

I reset my laptop from scratch hoping it will solve the issue, but it didn't work either.

I also deed an "in-place upgrade". Hoping this will download Windows 10 installer files and use those to update and repair my system.

I have been losing my mind over this for two days now. At least the ethernet is working just fine. I think I am gonna need a new laptop at this point. I just don't understand why the driver vanished overnight.

So any help is most deeply apreciated.

Have a good day !

My HP laptop running Windows 10 Home suddenly stopped being able to connect to wifi. By that I don’t mean that it won’t connect to my network, I mean the wifi option is completely gone, as if this computer can only connect via Ethernet.

If I go into Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections, there is only an Ethernet option, no wifi option at all.

If I go into the Device Manager > Network Adapters, “Realtek RTL8188EE 802.11 bgn Wi-Fi Adapter” has an exclamation mark next to it. If I click into it, the device status reads:

“This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12) If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system.”

I have no idea what other devices to turn off to free up the WiFi adapter or how to get it going again. Has anyone run into this before?

So I bought a Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 9 (Intel i7-14700HX w/ RTX 4060 Laptop GPU) from BestBuy 2 weeks ago, and everything looked good from the start until I had WiFi problems (spikes, jittering, inconsistent latency), and it was mainly coming from the stupid Realtek driver not being updated correctly, and I was looking everywhere for a solid solution. And I finally got it. If you're having the same problem as I did, then these steps may help you. I also have made a youtube video dedicating to help fix the problem, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ePcOHS-Fo&ab_channel=Ahmed%27sTechTutorials

First, let's check which version of the wireless adapter driver you currently have installed.

Step 1:

On your Windows home screen, press the Windows button + X key, and it should display a list of utility tools. Click on Device Manager.

Step 2:

Device Manager will show a list of hardware devices. Do not fret, and carefully search for a dropdown called "Network Adapters". Then, find your WiFi (in my case, its the Realtek 8852CE WiFi 6E PCI-E NIC). Right click on it then head over to "Properties".

Step 3:

Inside the WiFi properties, head over to the "Details" tab, change the property to "Driver date" or "Driver version". For the driver date, the value should be "4/10/2025" and the driver version should be "6001.16.165.603". If these values corresponds to yours, then the driver is up-to-date (As of 6/07/2025). If not, then the next step should be to update them!

Steps on installing new drivers:

Step 1:

Open up a browser and search up Microsoft Update Catalog
(a link for quicker access: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx )

Step 2:

In the search bar, you need to copy and paste your WiFi ID or its name and hit Enter. It will bring up a list of downloadable drivers for that specific WiFi. Download the latest version (should be the one at the very top).

Step 3:

After downloading the driver, you want to create a new folder and extract its content inside that folder. After that, head over to Device Manager then to your WiFi and select "Update driver".

Step 4:

Click on "Browse my computer for drivers", then browse for the folder that has the driver's contents (make sure the driver is already extracted, otherwise it will not work). Then hit on Next and it should immediately start installing the new driver. Nice! You have just manually updated your WiFi driver.

If this have helped you, then you're welcome :)