Windows 10 – USB WiFi drops connection

By | 19. August 2015

After upgrade to Windows 10  PC started to loose WiFi connection. WiFi adapter was plugged into USB. After some investigation it felt like WiFi drops connection because of power saving kicking in.

Here is how you can disable power  saving for USB WiFi adapter :

Open Network settings 

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Open Network and Sharing Center

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Change Adapter Settings

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Open Properties for WiFi adapter

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Open Configuration

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Uncheck power saving.

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It this is not helping then you can also look for general USB power saving. Though it might not be wanted approach in case of battery powered devices.

Here is how to find it:

Open System Settings

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Continue to Additional power settings

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Next open Change plan settings  for plan in use

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Go to Change advanced power settings

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Now you can disable or enable USB power suspend. Default is Enabled

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