Wireless Network List empty

There may be hundreds of reasons why your wireless network list may be empty. Another symptom is blank ipconfig command output. And here I collected all available options to try to resolve the issue. Make sure it's not the hardware problem: Try switching WiFi off and on with the slider/button on laptop casing.
If you have Windows or Linux LiveCD - it is good idea to boot from it and check if WiFi is working on the guest OS.
If it's working when booted from LiveCD, but not from your installed Windows then try these options:

  1. Make sure you are using most recent WiFi card drivers and not using something you don't need. For example if you de-installed McAfee antivirus, its filter driver (McAfee NDIS Intermediate Filter) may still be available in the Network Connection Properties. Just disable it and you are all set.
  2. If you have system restore available, just restore the system to a couple of days before the problem.
  3. Make sure you have necessary services started: Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services, Start Windows Zero Configuration Service, DHCP Client, DNS client if they are stopped. Set them to Automatic startup.
  4. Reset IP stack and winsock. Open command prompt and enter the following:
      1. netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
      2. netsh Winsock reset
      3. reboot the system after that

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