Hardware WiFi adapter goes offline at night

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Since I replaced my HD with a SSD 2 weeks ago on my HP Win 10 laptop, my (Realtek RTL8188EE 802.11 bgn) Wi-Fi Adapter goes offline/no connectivity almost every night, before that it was once in a blue moon which I assume was to do with my Virgin DHCP lease expired and taking it's time to renew (usually a couple of hours).
During the day, I turn on my laptop and the WiFi adapter is there but between 10pm to midnight and afterwards the WiFi connectivity goes offline/WiFi adapter goes missing.
My WiFi adapter does not show up in CMD (ipconfig) but does show up in Settings/Network Status/view hardware and connection properties as Not present and IPv4/IPv6 disconnected.
Any suggestions what the problem can be/how I can fix this?
 
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I went into Advanced power options, WiFi adapter settings and it just give me min, med, max performance whilst on battery or plug.
Regarding time the only thing I can see is notifications i.e. email messages, social media, etc...
 
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You need to go to the "Power Management" for your wireless adaptor under device manager. In there you may have a box ticked that says "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" untick the box and "Ok" out of it. See how you go.

Failing that it maybe worth having a look on manufacturers website to see if there is an update for the driver.
 
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I have made the changes and will let you know the results, I still can't work out why the WiFi adapter does not goes missing all day, but only at night.
 
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Redgun71 said:
I have made the changes and will let you know the results, I still can't work out why the WiFi adapter does not goes missing all day, but only at night.
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Maybe it's scared of the dark?
More than likely though it's a power saving feature linked to the Power Management process.
 
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You may find an additional setting in the Device Manager for it as USB ports have a box that you can untick that says "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" or similar, regardless of how you have the power management set up.
 
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An update...

Saturday night around 11:15pm the WiFi connection went off, I right clicked the WiFi icon and selected Troubleshoot problems and it show my WiFi adapter, previously it was not shown.
I selected WiFi adapter and click on Next and it refreshed the connection.

Sunday night the connection has gone off a couple of times without the WiFi icon changing (from the wave to the globe icon) as a couple of web pages comes up with load error, I "Reload this page" and the page loads.

Hopefully this fix (Power management unticking the 'Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power') is permanent, thank you all for your help and suggestions.
 
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Thanks @Oggiman

3) Rest TCP/IP - worked for me tonight, I have try this before and doesn't always work.
I've had this laptop for over 7 years and used the Vermin Super Hub 3.0 for at least 4 years, also this is a fairly new one which was replace around mid December 2020 and finally this problem only started happening around April 2020.

1) Update Network Adapter Drivers - It wouldn't have worked as my WiFi adapter disappeared, but when it has been available the Drivers are up to date.
2) Run Internet Troubleshooter - It doesn't always work, either fixes the problem or can't find the problem.
4) Prevent Computer From Turning Off WiFi Adapter - I've done this already and doesn't always work.
5) Disable Hotspot 2.0 Networks - I've turned it off but not currently using my laptop in public place i.e. free airports, cafes, hotels.
6) Connect Automatically & Make WiFi Network Private - Already set on Private profile.
7) Set Low Roaming Sensitivity - I've change it now from Medium to Medium-Low, before I could a good signal strength from neighbouring WiFi, now none or hardly any signal strength at all.
 
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Check the channel number of your router WiFi. Maybe there's a few of your neighbours using the same default frequency.

I check mine regularly using my mobile phone connected to home network and an app called WiFi Analyzer.
 
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The WiFi connectivity went off again last night, I tried netsh winsock and int ip reset but didn't work.
I have gone into my router this afternoon to change/update some settings like the channel number (which is on Auto) and naming some devices so I know who/what is currently connected to my router.
I clicked apply and the page refresh and then kicks me out, I tried to log back into it and it states I'm already in a session.
I closed the browser down (Chrome) and choose another browser (Opera), I make the changes and as soon as I apply it kicks me out again, I going to try later as I'm frustrated and feel like smashing up my router or laptop.
 
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Can you think back to the last time that you updated the driver for wireless...was it ok before then? I've had loads of laptops where I have updated the wifi or ethernet driver and then had problems with connection or VPN connection not workinig. Could be worth trying to roll back your driver.
 
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The last WiFi adapter driver update was May 2019 and the connectivity has been working fairly well until the last Windows update.
 
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