>NULL: April 2021

Thursday 29 April 2021

WiFi section of Windows 10 Settings app not showing on Surface Laptop 2

 After some updates the WiFi section under Network & Internet in the Windows 10 Settings app disappears.

Go to Network adapters in Device Manager and uninstall the Marvell Wifi adapter.

Right-click the computer name in Device Manager and Scan for hardware changes.

You should see the device repopulate.

Rebooted and you should be able to connect to Wifi.

If you have a VPN which then will not connect see my previous blog post.


Wednesday 28 April 2021

Windows 10 built-in VPN does not connect does not error (VPN Error 720 when using RASDIAL)

Windows 10 built-in VPN does not connect does not error.

RRAS showed connection for a few seconds then no connection.


  1. Open Device Manager
  2. Expand Network Adapters
  3. Right-click and Uninstall WAN Miniport (IP), WAN Miniport(IPv6) and WAN Miniport (SSTP).
  4. Right-Click the Computer name and pick Scan for hardware changes
  5. The adapters you just uninstalled should come back
  6. Try connecting again

Installing .net 4 without Server Manager or PowerShell

 A software consultant uninstalled .net 4 breaking the Datto agent.

I instinctively go to open Server Manager, oh wait, it has no icon.

I go to PowerShell, it flashes a window and closes.


I go to CMD and run 
Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx4 /All

Reboot

Server Manager is still missing so I run 
dism /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:server-gui-mgmt

I had to unpin and re-pin Server Manager to Start to get the icon back.

All is good.