Friday, May 13, 2016

How to Manage or Forget known WiFi Networks in Windows 10


The newest version of Microsoft Windows Operating system to join the Windows NT Family was released to consumers in July 29, 2015. Windows 10 OS took the best out of two previous operating systems - the failed Windows 8 and the most successful windows 7 combined into one with added features and some exclusions.

Upgrade to Windows 10 from previous Windows Operating systems (7, 8 ) is still available for free till 29th July, 2016.
Read more about how to Upgrade to Windows 10 and what you should know before upgrading to windows 10.

The changes that come with new operating systems may not always be obvious to average users until they can't find a setting or feature where it used to be. A quick search on Google would usually return a bunch of blogs talking about the same problem and how to resolve it. This is one of such blogs.

How to forget Windows 10 Wireless networks
The option to manage known Wireless networks can be easily found top left corner of Network sharing center in Windows 7. It provides you a list of Wireless networks you've connected to in the past and you may need to view this list to forget known networks you no longer use or whose connection security options has changed.

A good example is when the SSID remains the same but the password changed, your Windows 10 will not connect until you forget the previous network and rejoin with the new password for the Wireless connection.
This can be easily done in Window 8 by Right clicking on the Wireless network and select forget.

To do this in Windows 10:
Click on the Wireless symbol bottom right on Taskbar and select Network Settings (See picture)

Click Manage WiFi Settings and scroll to see list of WiFi networks your connected to in the past.
Select the WiFi network you wish to make changes to and click Forget.
Now you can retry connecting again with the new network access password or WEP key.

The purpose of forgetting WiFi networks on the list may also be to restrict access to WiFi for a user who you've previously allowed to connect.