How to use Windows to manage Wi-Fi instead of Intel utility

If you have an Intel wireless adapter, it may be that the Intel wireless utility is controlling which wireless networks.  I always prefer the Windows utility.  Here is how you change that.

Double click on the icon below

Then choose Advanced -> Use Windows to Manage WiFi.

Network adapter order

The first time I came across this problem, I was flabbergasted. I had a laptop that was connected to a wireless network and had a wired ethernet cord plugged in. It was using the wireless for all its network connections. From then on, I have checked the network adapter priority on each and every laptop I see. On Vista and XP, I still see the occasional laptop with wireless a high priority than a wired connection. There is NO scenario where that makes sense. Anyway, here is how you change it.

Network Connections -> Advanced -> Advanced Settings

















Then you just change the order of the network adapters in the top box here.