Remove Action Needed Prompt While Connecting to Wifi Network in Windows 10 FIX
41Remove Action Needed Prompt While Connecting to Wifi Network in Windows 10 FIX.
At times, you may have noticed that your Windows 10 displays an Action needed prompt while connecting to a WiFi network. This can occur after a Windows Upgrade or while connecting to a new wiFi network. This is actually good as it makes you aware that your computer is trying to connect to a network. But what if you continue seeing it even for old trusted networks? If you face this issue, you may want to consider disabling this prompt – although this is not something we would like to advise.
Disable Action Needed prompt while connecting to WiFi
If there’s a corporate Wi-Fi setup at your workplace and its network has multiple endpoints, the chances are your computer may not connect to it automatically. Also, upon opening the list of wireless networks, you may notice ‘Action needed’ message underneath the SSID for the enterprise network. When you click on the network and hit ‘Connect’ – a web browser opens with a blank tab.
Firstly, it is essential for us to understand that this behavior is not accidental but occurs by design. Windows uses something known as the Network Location Awareness (NLA) service to detect the properties of a network and determine how to manage connections to that network. This service, in turn, relies on a component named NCSI or Network Connectivity Status Indicator. It is NCSI that determines whether the computer has successfully connected to the network and whether the network has intranet or internet connectivity. Any changes in the network interfaces can trigger the ‘Action Needed’ prompt. To fix it, you’ll need to disable the NCSI active or passive probes used by NCSI component.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).