I was running into an issue where my laptops wireless adapter would not reconnect after returning from sleep. I would troubleshoot the problem and the repair would read “The default gateway is not available“. I was able to track this issue down to the power management settings shutting off my network device and not properly turning it back on. Easy enough, I can just disable the power management settings for my wireless network adapter…at least that’s what I thought I could do.
When I loaded the device properties (From Device Manager) the “Power Management” was nowhere to be found. On to of that the Network Adapter settings where also missing form the power management plan settings.
How to enable the power management settings:
- Launch your Registry Editor (Windows button and type “Regedit“)
- Navigate to: “Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power“
- Select the entry called ‘CsEnabled‘
- Change the “Value data” to “0” and select “OK“
- Reboot your machine
NOTE: If ‘CsEnabled’ is not there, create a new “DWORD (32-bit) Value“. Title is ‘CsEnabled‘, Value Data ‘0‘, Base ‘Hexadecimal‘, and ‘OK‘.
Missing Menu Options Example:
Registry Editor Key & Its Location:
Restored Power Management Options:
This is what I needed. Thx
i tried this and it still didn’t work. any ideas?
Could you find a fix Ivan?
SAME HERE, Is there an alternative solution
Worked here, Thanks!
(Why did they turn it off?!!)
you saved my life much love xoxo
You are a god amongst men! I had been debugging this issue for hours!
We just tried it and power management button magically appeared! thank you so much!
Thank you SO much…no more surprise “network adapter not found”…I think it was shutting down on low power and not restarting…but I couldn’t see the power manangment tab in the properties…Google search and your information was just what I needed.
This helped me also. Thanks a lot!
not working :(
Doesnt work for me. In ADvanced Settings, Power plan wil not change from Power Saver and stiill having problems with network adapter
I was working on this for hours to no avail. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you!!
This is no longer working since W10 2004 update… too bad
Yes, It’s gone. 2004 killed it again. The CsEnabled fix does not work. Does anyone have any idea why? Is it so Microsoft can keep the adapter on in sleep to monitor apps background transferring lots of personal data they can sell? Couldn’t be that.
For anyone still struggling with this. My solution was to simply download the newest driver for my network controller..
Not working bro! power management tab is still missing in device manager network adapter properties after adding value in registry and restarting computer. I am using windows 10 Pro v2004
Exactly what i am looking for…. Thnx
Not working on Windows 10 Home updated ver. 2004.
Please, please help. I truly think this is the exact solution I need to fix my problem but there is no CS… file and when I try to add the DWord through the Edit option I get an Error box that says, “Cannot create value: Error writing to the registry.” I don’t know what to do now. Can someone please help me?
Did not work for me I run Windoes 10 64.
I was working on this for hours to no avail. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you!!
Thanks for this post. Like many others, after much searching this fixed my issue. Thanks!
Doesn’t work in 2004 for me unfortunately.