Today there are many WiFi to which we usually connect from our computer or laptop. This means that we have to keep each and every one of the keys if we do not want to have to go asking for them or looking for them every time we want to connect. What’s more, in Windows 10 it is possible to indicate to which WiFi we want to connect automatically when we are within reach so that it is still much more comfortable. However, the problem comes when the system suddenly does not save or does not remember the password of any of the networks that we have stored. If this has happened to you, we are going to show you how to solve the problem that makes Windows 10 not remember our WiFi password .
It is a rather uncomfortable situation in which we may not know what to do to solve it. Next, we are going to show certain recommendations or steps to follow to fix this situation and get Windows 10 to save forgotten WiFi passwords again.
Make Windows 10 remember the key of a WiFi
Stop remembering the network and save the password again
To delete the passwords, save them again and the system can remember them, the first thing we will do is access the network connection settings and then we will indicate that we want to stop remembering each network and then re-enter the her WiFi password and save it back to the system. For it:
- We open the Windows 10 configuration page, Win + I.
- We enter the Network and Internet option.
- We select the Wi-Fi option that appears in the menu on the left.
- Next, we click on the option Manage known networks.
- This will show us a window with the list of all saved WiFi networks.
- The next thing we have to do is search for the network for which Windows has forgotten the password and select it.
- This will show us two buttons, Share and Stop remembering . We press on this second button to eliminate said network.
- Now, we click on the WiFi icon that is displayed in the system tray of the taskbar.
- Automatically the system will show us all the saved networks and those that we have within our reach. In this case, we will have to have active the network that we have just forgotten or deleted so that the system can find it again.
- We select the network and enter the password.
- We check the box Connect automatically.
- Click on Connect .
It is important that we do not forget to check the box Connect automatically so that Windows 10 saves the password of that WiFi and does not ask us to re-enter it every time we want to connect to it.
Now we can try to restart the computer and check if Windows 10 remembers the WiFi of our network and connects automatically without having to enter it manually every time we want to connect to it.
Reset the driver of our network adapter
If despite following the steps indicated in the previous point we continue with the problem and Windows 10 does not save the WiFi password, then we can try to reset the driver or driver of our network card to see if everything is solved afterwards. These are the steps to follow:
- We open Device Manager from the Win + X menu.
- We deploy the Network Adapters option.
- We right-click on our network card or Wireless adapter.
- We select the Uninstall option.
- Once uninstalled, we restart the computer.
When starting the PC, Windows 10 will install the driver again and then what we must do is select the WiFi to which we want to connect, enter the password and do not forget to check the box Connect automatically so that next times it is saved and not we have to put it back in.
Restart WiFi service in Windows 10
If we continue to have problems, the best thing will be to restart the WiFi service to see if this way we can end them and get Windows 10 to remember or save our WiFi password. In this case, what we should do is:
- We open a Run window, Win + R.
- We write services.msc and press Enter or OK.
- This will open the system services window where we have to search for the Automatic WLAN configuration service .
- We click on it with the right mouse button and select the Restart option.
We can also try to stop the service by choosing this option in the contextual menu that is shown to us and then go to the path C: ProgramDataMicrosoftWlansvc and delete the folders that we find in it to later start the service again.