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Laptop mobile hotspot won't turn on

The Mobile hotspot toggle in Windows settings flips back off a second after I switch it on. Wanted to share the laptop's wired connection with my phone. Wi-Fi itself works fine. Any idea what blocks it?
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mukul87 Nov 05, 2026
john_29
A couple of things it needs that Windows doesn't explain well. The laptop has to have its own internet first, the hotspot shares a connection, it can't make one. And if you're sharing wifi out over wifi, not every adapter can do both at once on 5 GHz. In the hotspot settings, Edit, change the band to 2.4 GHz and try again. If the toggle is greyed out or flips back off, open services.msc, find Windows Mobile Hotspot Service, set it to Manual and start it. Updating the wifi driver from the laptop maker's site fixes the rest.
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