WIFI miss authentication tab in windows10

Question

I am experiencing an issue where Wi-Fi authentication is missing, even though the WLAN AutoConfig service is running automatically in Windows 10.

In the first picture, authentication is present for the wired NIC, but in the second picture, it is missing for the wireless NIC. I restarted the WLAN AutoConfig service and ensured it remains running, but this did not resolve the issue.

I then found an article discussing the same problem and outlining a solution. However, after following the suggested steps, the issue persists. I am unsure if the method is supposed to work or if I might have missed something.

Can anyone provide insights or suggest alternative solutions? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

Based on the information you provided, I suggest you try the following methods to see if they can solve the problem:

Check for invalid Wired profiles.

Open the command prompt and run the following command:

netsh lan show profiles

The Authentication tab will only be drawn if no wired profiles exist, or no existing profiles are invalid. In the case of no profiles, at least one valid profile must be imported via "netsh lan add profile filename=<profile.xml> interface=<interfacename>"

filename:

A valid XML profile must exist at path

%sysdir%\ProgramData\Mircosoft\dot3svc\Profiles\Interfaces<interfaceguid>

where interfaceguid is GUID of interface for respective adapter. This can usually be found in

NetCfgInstanceId of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}<adapterindex>

interfacename:

The interface name given is the "friendly" name of the respective adapter. This can be found in "netsh interface show interfaces"

I hope the information above is helpful.

Best regards

Zunhui

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