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Public WiFi login page not showing in Windows 10

Anonymous
2017-07-28T14:49:12+00:00

I am using a new Asus laptop that came installed with Windows 10, and currently I can find no redeeming features for this operating system whatsoever. The OS takes up over 15GB of a 30GB HDD, I have barely used the thing and its running out of space. It is choc full of "apps" that are of zero use and interest to me. But this latest problem is so frustrating that I would sell my organs to return to Windows 7 or XP or 98 or 95...

Basically I cannot use public WiFi anywhere because the login/confirmation screens won't load in any browser, the system just hijacks the browser with some security nonsense. I've turned off the firewall, made sure to allow everything I need to within the browser settings, and still nothing works. This sort of problem, if it happens on any other platform, is usually a simple fix. But nothing I do seems to make any difference in Windows 10. I don't have any third party security software installed, so there really is no obvious cause of this problem. But its a serious problem because my Windows 10 computer is frankly useless to me until this is sorted out.

Also, the computer keeps asking me to check my security settings ahead of some "creators update". Dear Microsoft, I want my computer working the way I need to use it, and unless that is what your update plans to allow me to do I am going to start learning everything I can about Linux.

*Modified title for accuracy*

*Original title: Public WiFi login screens won't load on Windows 10 laptop.*

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-21T14:12:57+00:00

    Hi,

    I had the same problem.

    I solved it using http://fixwifi.it/ 

    It's a page that triggers the login page and forces it to appear. Hope it works for you!

    M.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-06T23:25:10+00:00

    I am at a hotel, I had the same issue and after trying and trying the thing that fixed it was plain and simple: 

    I would suggest you to update the latest driver for network adapter under Device Manager.

    1. Press Windows Key + R Key.

    2. Then type “devmgmt.msc” without the quotes and hit on Enter Key.

    3. Expand Network Adapter.

    4. Right click on the wireless driver and click on Uninstall. 

    1. Then restart your computer and it will reinstall the wireless network driver.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-03T05:48:02+00:00

    I found that it was Chrome not collaborating with Windows 10. Big surprise. The hotel's login screen showed up just fine in Microsoft Edge.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-07-29T13:59:16+00:00

    Thanks John, but there's nothing in that article that addresses the problem. The computer has no trouble finding or connecting to the wifi hotspots, but login cannot be completed because Windows itself is hijacking the browser when it tries to open the login page. Thus changing any network settings has no effect on the problem, as the network is not at fault. Mobile devices and the Windows 7 laptop have no problems at all. Windows 10 is fine on the home network and wifi, the problem only occurs on wifi networks that require a browser login or confirmation, unfortunately this is nearly all of them.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-31T16:19:58+00:00

    It happens on all the browsers installed, and on all networks that require a login/confirmation screen, even with all extensions disabled. I tried copying the browser settings from my Windows 7 laptop that doesn't have the problem, but it didn't make any difference. As it has never worked since it came out of the box that would strongly suggest the fault is either a bug in the system or a design fault in the PC itself. But as it works fine on networks that don't require a browser confirmation screen, it would seem unlikely that there is a hardware fault. Meanwhile, Windows 10 is stacked with pointless extras over which the user seemingly has little control, and the computer seems to think its going to be used like iPad or an Android phone (it isn't). What can we do about this? All of the serious advantages of Windows seem to have been discarded in favour of an immersive experience that I actually don't need and don't want. Windows was always brilliant at empowering the PC user to create their own computing environment within the parameters of the system, this now appears to no longer be the case. This login problem that I am having would have been easy to diagnose in Windows XP, if it even happened at all.

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