I'm trying to use a WLAN-Stick (TP Link TL-WN821N) to connect to a wireless network. However, my PC (Windows 10 Pro) doesn't show any wireless networks. When trying to troubleshoot the problem, windows tells me that WLAN AutoConfig is not running. I switched the WLAN autoconfig from manual to automatic, but it doesn't start when I restart windows. When I try to run it, I get:
Windows could not start the WLAN-AutoConfig service on Local Computer. Error 0x080004005: Unspecified error
Sometimes, and I can't really tell when, I instead get the error:
Windows could not start the WLAN-AutoConfig service on Local Computer. Error 1206: The network connection profile is corrupted
I already tried everything that I found on google regarding issues with WLAN autoconfig, including:
- Checking that I have the correct drivers for the WLAN stick; uninstalling device and installing with correct hardware version from the product's website
- Verifying that the stick is working (it works fine on a different PC)
- resetting all network profiles using "netsh winsock reset"
- Checking in BIOS if there is an option do enable/disable wifi (I did not find any; msi B550-A PRO)
- Running "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" on admin powershell to "fix some corruptions" (according to google)
- Completely reinstalling windows
None of these steps yielded any results. The next step for me would be to completely format my main drive and do a complete clean install, however that would be a very time-consuming measure and I would like to check here if someone has a less severe idea on how to solve this issue.