After upgrading our Enterprise laptops to Windows 11, the network selection option no longer appears in the lower-right corner of the sign-in screen. Only the Accessibility and Power buttons are available, so users cannot choose a Wi-Fi network before signing in. I checked the usual troubleshooting steps and reviewed the Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon policy, but the Wi-Fi option is still missing. Has anyone run into this, especially during deployment, and found a reliable way to restore the network selection interface?
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This is commonly controlled by the group policy named “Do not display network selection UI.” Check Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon and set it to Disabled or Not Configured, then refresh policy and restart the device.
This behavior may be intentional in some Windows deployment setups, but it can definitely cause problems when devices need network access before the first sign-in. Verify the effective policy with a Group Policy report rather than relying only on the local editor, since a domain policy or management profile could be overriding the setting.
If that policy is already disabled, the laptop may already be connected to the configured enterprise wireless network and simply be waiting for the user to authenticate at sign-in. It would be worth checking which Wi-Fi profiles and authentication settings are being deployed to the machines.
I checked the setting and it was already Disabled, then tried Not Configured as well, but the network option still did not return.