No WIFI during fresh setup of Windows 11, could I have fixed this?

[JamesUK]

Hi, I recently installed Win 11 fresh on a new ssd.
Early in the setup when it asks to connect to a wifi network, none some up at all. I checked in the bios to make sure wifi was enabled, and it was.

Not sure why, nothing would show?

Well I got past it by using shift + F10 and launching command prompt and typing OOBE\BYPASSNRO which let me bypass this part and install without doing updates as it goes.

It was a little inconvenient, although I sorted it.

But I wondered if I was to be doing it again, is there a way I could have fixed that, so the wifi would have worked and connected at that point?

Regards
James

 

[Tech_Boss]

Just means windows doesn’t have the driver for the wi-fi adapter.

I usually connect the laptop via a network cable and let windows download the drivers.

Or do an offline install as you describe and install the wi-fi driver manually once on the desktop.

 

[m4cc45]

You could create a custom ISO with the drivers for the WiFi injected but it's not worth the hassle.

Easier to just get Windows up and running with the oobe\bypassnro command.



M.