User Tools

Site Tools


networking:windows:windows_network_reset

Reset Windows Networking

Reset Wireless Profile

:!: Fix for wireless profile that is broken/duplicated and cannot be deleted.

  • Open an Administrative Command Prompt. Display wireless profiles.
netsh wlan show profiles
  • Delete wireless profile.
netsh wlan delete profile name="network"

:!: If REALLY broken above will give Element not found. Fix below.

  • Logged in as local admin browse to:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\Profiles\Interfaces\{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}\{Random-GUID}
  • With each file right click → Edit to open each of these profiles in Microsoft Word or Wordpad to confirm that they were the problem SSID
  • Upon confirmation of SSID deleted the files.
  • Reboot
  • Recreate delted wireless profile.

Reset All IP Networking

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheNuclearOptionResettingTheCrapOutOfYourNetworkAdaptersInVista.aspx

:!: Tested on Windows 7 Pro.

netsh int ip reset

netsh winsock reset catalog

shutdown -r -t 0
networking/windows/windows_network_reset.txt · Last modified: 2019/01/17 08:35 by jcooper