Wifi not working anymore
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Hello, I completely replaced the casing of an Acer Aspire E51-533 because it was damaged everywhere, and I did a clean installation of Windows 11 24h2. However, before that, it was still usable and the Wi-Fi was working (and it was running Windows 10 21h1). Since I changed the casing and installed Windows 11, I can no longer activate the Wi-Fi; it remains disabled. I've tried everything: installing drivers, changing the Wi-Fi card, using the Fn + F3 key combination... basically, I don't know what else to do. I don't know if this could influence the problem, but I also changed the screen, keyboard, and touchpad.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
3 answers
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Hello,
This is an Acer PC that originally belongs to a manufacturer.
You should check for driver updates, etc., especially the Wifi one from Acer, and see what it offers depending on the exact model of the PC.
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Hello,
Are you sure that your PC, originally running Windows 10 (21H1), also works with Windows 11?
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I managed to solve the problem in quite a strange way. I tested the PC with a Linux live USB to see if it was indeed a software issue, and the Wi-Fi worked perfectly with that live USB. I never understood why, but right after this test, I restarted under Windows and the Wi-Fi worked perfectly (even though I didn't do anything in between). In any case, the problem is solved, that's the main thing. To answer your question, it is not compatible with Windows 11. During the installer, I pressed shift+f10 to access regedit to set up bypasses in LabConfig.
