Windows 10 Home, vz 1909, installed 06/06/2020, os build 18363.1556. I have no idea when I last updated the motherboard firmware, it probably would have been when I reinstalled windows (soo 3 yrs ago). That might be an issue.
Surprise: my university WIFI actually works when I tether with my laptop, so I'm gonna do the windows update and see how it goes.
Any particular reason you haven’t been applying system updates?
Whoops, forgot to respond. It's because I hate microsoft and expect their updates to break things. My ex always said that was an autism thing, but I think that it's just the normal reaction to have with user-hostile features that 'updates' that major corporations always make
Sorry for being a screenshot revisionist....
that stopped working for me unfortunately. This has actually been a problem for a few weeks, my roommate only just the other day lent me her wireless transceiver to try it out. If I had to guess, at this point I've restarted my computer something like 30 or 40 times total since this issue started :deeper-sadness:
I should be able to plug it into ethernet in a week. I can try the sfc when I'm home this evening though.
Tbf I could try to take it somewhere I can plug it in in order to try to download updates that way. It'll have to wait a week, but it is possible
This is a custom-built desktop PC, without in-built wireless function. Is this a part of all motherboards to allow internet connection, or are you referring to the things that most commercial computers have in order to do wifi without any attachments?
I mean realistically everything I've heard is just the shitty stuff they play on the radio/in stores, and that's always awful anyways, so I could believe it
Thanks so mmuch, this turned out to be the issue! Appreciate everyone who offered avice in the thread, couldnt have done it without yall!