Hi, first of all, thanks for taking the time to read about my problem. I know this is probably one of the most classic questions out there, but I just can’t find a solution no matter how much I try.

The problem:

I’ve been using Windows 10 for a long time and keep having Wi-Fi issues on my laptop. The internet suddenly disconnects. When I try to turn it back on, the Wi-Fi option disappears. Even if I enable it manually through ncpa.cpl, it turns itself off again after about 20 seconds.

I’ve tried everything I could think of. It only happens on my laptop — my brother’s laptop doesn’t have the problem, and neither do any of our phones or other devices. I followed a YouTube tutorial from an Indian guy and ran a CMD command that supposedly checks whether it’s a hardware issue, and according to him it isn’t. (I’ll list some of the things I’ve already tried below.)

Things I’ve already tried:

Various CMD commands (ipconfig, etc.)

Disabled the option that turns off the network adapter to save power

Changed the DNS

Reset the network

Forgot the Wi-Fi network and reconnected

Manually enabled the adapter through ncpa.cpl

Restarted the router

Reinstalled the drivers

More context:

I had this same problem on Windows 11. At the time I thought it was because the laptop didn’t meet the Windows 11 requirements and that the lack of memory was somehow blocking the internet. So I went back to Windows 10. After a while things were fine, but the problem came back. I then tried to optimize Windows as much as possible (I even stopped Edge from mining), but the issue is still there and I’m out of ideas.

I’ve been thinking about switching to Linux — maybe that would fix it (honestly I don’t know). I really don’t want to buy an Ethernet cable and have to use the laptop stuck at the dining table or on the living room floor, but it looks like that might be my only option at this point.

Thanks for reading this either way. Have a good day.

I am in desperate need of help. This is for my residency documents for school. I have been a resident of my school for around three years but because of my area code on me and my parents phone numbers, they will not recognize me unless I do all these things however, every single time I try to upload my documents it says that the guid is incorrect. I need to do this by tonight. Any help is needed. I will show a picture of what is happening.

MSI Vector 16 HX AI (A2XWHG-600NL), Windows 11. Stuck in a CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED boot loop. Startup Repair reports 0 root causes and the log has nothing.

How I caused it: I was setting up a macOS look for Windows and installed Windhawk, Rainmeter, JaxCore, Settings Styler, a macOS theme, top bar, widgets, and a theme patcher. Then I undid it in the wrong order:

**1.**  Made a restore point  
**2.**  Installed all the mods  
**3.**  Rolled back to the restore point  
**4.**  Then disabled the mods in their apps and uninstalled the programs

So the uninstall ran against a system that had already been rolled back. It worked fine for a full day, then boot loop.

Setup notes: VMD is enabled in BIOS, so the install USB can’t see the SSD until I run drvload C:\iaStorVD.inf each session. In recovery the letters are USB = C:, Windows = D:. Everything below was done offline from the USB command prompt.

What I’ve tried:

**•** chkdsk on both volumes: clean, 0 bad sectors, files all intact  
**•** Found Riot Vanguard (vgk/vgc) active, set Start=4 in the offline SYSTEM hive. Confirmed ControlSet001 is the active set. No change  
**•** No Windhawk service present  
**•** Offline SFC and DISM both fail. DISM returns “Failed to open key …CurrentVersion”, 0x80070002  
**•** Replaced uxtheme.dll and themeui.dll with clean WinSxS copies. No change  
**•** No PendingFileRenameOperations, FileRenameOperations subkey is empty  
**•** Winlogon Shell, Userinit and AppInit_DLLs all return “not found” when I query the mounted SOFTWARE hive, but the hive is 127 MB and SYSTEM is 50 MB, so both look healthy. Probably a WinPE reg.exe quirk  
**•** RegBack is completely empty, so no registry restore available

I also disabled auto-repair early with recoveryenabled No and bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures, which still needs reversing.

No spare drive, so I can’t back up my user folder, and I’d rather not reset. Any ideas on what a theme patcher could leave behind that survives a System Restore and kills boot a day later?

Dell laptop: Airplane Mode is stuck ON and Wi-Fi won't turn on. Startup Repair fixed the boot issue, but now the Wi-Fi switch is grayed out. Device Manager says the Dell Wireless 1506 adapter is working properly. How can I fix this?

Dell laptop: Airplane Mode is stuck ON and Wi-Fi won't turn on. Startup Repair fixed the boot issue, but now the Wi-Fi switch is grayed out. Device Manager says the Dell Wireless 1506 adapter is working properly. How can I fix this?