Recent content by sartor

Thanks for the follow-up JeFtFotF...glad you got your's working well again. I'm guessing that I might have a different issue with my neighbor's computer, given that she's got a RealTek wifi adapter, and not Intel. I'm going to try disabling the "wifi direct" service, which I believe is for the...

Thanks for the additional info JeFtFotF. Do you happen to know *which* specific drivers got reverted in your restoration of the "Intel driver update"? Did that update include the driver for the wifi adapter? Motherboard? The Dell Inspiron 15 3511 laptop that I was helping my neighbor with...

To Slavic's most recent post (sorry, I overlooked that you had made that after Jim Rockford's last post), yes, my WLAN AutoConfig service is set to "Auto." And I've already disabled just about everything in the Startup settings, with no impact on start time nor elimination of the 4-minute...

Hmmm...I've got another guess as to something that might be related to this phenomenon (just a guess). I'm wondering if it has something to do with "Wi-Fi Direct Services Connection Manager Service," which I believe is related to using the "Wi-Fi Direct" function where you can print directly...

Ahhh...good point Jim Rockford. Now that you mention it, I can't remember if when I checked the status of the WLAN AutoConfig service during the 4-minute-delay period, whether the *status* was actually indicating "running" at that point. When I did that test/check, I was focused on confirming...

Hi Jim Rockford, Thanks for the additional tips/suggestions, and yes, I believe the problem you encountered and the one with my neighbor's computer are identical. And I agree that the notion of a "WLAN Auto-Config time-out" sure seems like a likely culprit, particularly if that's know to be...

To Slavic's suggestions about setting up the wifi parameters for the adapter, I understand what you are saying, but it's quite clear to me that the underlying "4-minute-delay" problem is *not* related to the wifi parameters that the adapter is using/trying to use. Rather, the problem really...

To Jim Rockford's question about the Dell "Support Assist" utility, yes, that has been run/is running on the computer in question (again, a Dell Inspiron 15 3511). It isn't my computer; it's a neighbor's/friends that I was recently helping with an SSD upgrade, and she indicated that it was...

Hi Jim, Glad to hear that you resolved your issue with the delayed recognition of your wifi adapter/wifi networks after boot, but sorry to hear that it took a full "Windows Reset" to resolve it! :-( I'm having the exact same issue (about 4-minute delay before the network status tray icon even...