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The usb wifi adapter tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussions about adding wireless networking to Windows systems through an external USB adapter. A recurring theme is boot and device-detection trouble, such as a Windows Server Essentials 2016 machine that treated an attached USB WiFi adapter as a possible boot device and displayed a "Remove disks or other media" prompt after a shutdown. Threads like this focus on practical troubleshooting: BIOS or UEFI boot order, startup behavior differences between restart and cold boot, and configuration changes needed to keep Windows from misreading removable network hardware.
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Windows Server Essentials 2016 Thinks USB WiFi adapter might be boot device
I added a USB WiFi adapter to my server recently (ethernet connection not practical). It's working fine but if I shut down the server, when I power on I get this error message: "Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart" It starts fine after I press a key. Interestingly, this...- samsquared2
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- bios boot order boot error usb wifi adapter windows server 2016
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums