network adapter driver problem in Windows 7

Question

I am facing problem with my Windows network adapter. It detects all the available networks but it shows "Limited Access" for the network I wish to connect. On diagnostics it gives "The wireless network adapter is experiencing problems" and on further diagnostics it says "There might be a problem with the driver for the Wireless Connection Adapter". What to do?

Solution

The problem happens to me all the time. I think it is one of the reasons to prefer linux over windows since these problems only accure in windows.
You want it or not you have and will have these kind of problems in the future. Thats the downside of windows.

This is what I do every time this happens to me:
Go to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center -> Change adapter settings
You see one or more wireless adapters, disable the first one which is named your real wifi card (ie intel) By right clicking on it and selecting Disable:

Then after some seconds, again right click and select Enable.
The problem should have gone now.

Comments

[Akhil]

I have Intel Pro network adapter

[Coops]

I think this is windows guessing the problem so I wouldn't guarantee that is the problem. I get this on my laptop but its when I connect to public Wi-Fi without logging into to their system or if I am connecting to my own home network a restart solves it.

[Renju Chandran chingath]

It detects all the available networks but it shows "Limited Access" for the network I wish to connect, means its not getting connected to any of the wireless network or simply the one you are trying to get connected. did you tried it with any other network? are you getting limited access error even when you connect to any of the network? what about the router setup, are you using DHCP? check whether network adapter is configured with any static IP?

[Moab]

Right click on any device and select "scan for hardware changes"