Missing Zero Wireless Configuration Installation
Enable Display Hidden Files
- Open Windows Explorer, click Tools, and select Folder Options.
- Go to the View tab and scroll down until you come across the option “Show Hidden Files and Folders” and check it. Also, uncheck the option “Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended).”
- Click OK.
Install the Wireless Zero Configuration Service
- Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel window, if you’re in Category View, then under Pick a Category, double-click the Network and Internet Connections icon (if you’re in Classic View, click on the Network Connections icon and skip to step #4).
- In the Network and Internet Connections window, under the Control Panel icon, double-click the Network Connections icon.
- In the Network Connections window, under LAN or High Speed Internet, click to select the Local Area Connection icon.
- On the menu bar, click File and select Properties from the file menu. (Altneratively, right-click on the Local Area Connection icon and select Properties from the context menu).
- In the Local Area Connections Properties window, on the General tab, click the Install button.
- In the Select Network Component Type window, in the Click the type of network box, click to select the Service icon.
- Click the Add button.
- In the Select Network Service window, click the Have Disk button.
- Click the OK button.
- In the Install From Disk window, click the Browse button.
- In the Locate File window, browse to the C:\Windows\Inf folder (this is a hidden folder).
- Click to select NETWZC.INF.
- Click the Open button.
- In the Install from Disk window, click the OK button.
- In the Select Network Service window, in the Network Service box, select Microsoft as the manufacturer, and then click to select Wireless Zero Configuration.
- Click the OK button.
At this point you’ll need to reboot your PC. With that completed, you should find that the Wireless Zero Configuration service has been successfully installed on your system and you should now have access to the Windows Network tab.
NOTE: If you don’t see the Wireless Network tab when you go back into the Network Properties Page, then the most likely reason is that the service did not start. To initialize it, open Administrative Tools in the Control Panel and select Services. Scroll down to Wireless Zero Configuration, Right-click on it, and select Start. The service is now enabled, and the Wireless Network tab will be visible in Network Properties.
