Windows 8 only

WARNING: This solution may not work on all wireless cards. Some wireless cards may not be supported on driver version 14.x

This solution is recommended for Windows 8 users at time of writing. Users can always test newer drivers and then revert to the inbox Windows 8 driver.

Revert back to driver branch 14.x, this can be done by uninstalling all Intel drivers when a driver with version 15.x is installed.





Windows 8.1 and Windows 8's second solution (advanced users)

This solution is for advanced users. The advantage of this solution is that you can always use the latest up-to-date driver. A disadvantage is that your wireless card won't scan for other networks when connected, your list of wireless networks may or may not be up to date when connected.

Press Windows key + R Enter 'regedit











Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Class > {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} Now you see a list of folders: 0001, 0002, 0003 and so on... Click each folder until you see a key named 'AdapterModel' containing the name of your WLAN adapter.











Scroll to the bottom until you find a key named 'ScanningWhenAssociated', Change its value to 0











Now reboot your computer.

NOTE: When installing new drivers, the value of ScanningWhenAssociated may automatically return to 1