Windows – Automatic Wifi connection before Windows logon

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Can I force an automatic connection to a specific Wifi network before the logon?
I want to enable my users to connect with their domain credential using the company wifi network during the login. Otherwise they login with cached credentials.
I have already distributed the wifi network preferences with GPO, but the connection is not automatic and the user has to select the network and push "Connect".

I read somewhere that I had to enable SSO before user logon in Wifi GPO, but I have the option greyed and I cannot understand how to enable it.

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The option was right and I had to change the authentication mode from Computer to User and Computer.

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Unfortunately this is not possible to do exclusively with Group Policy. You will need to consider one of the other 3rd party solutions to accomplish what you want. (Those, however could be controlled through GP if you like?).

Here is a supporting TechNet thread.

Windows 7 – Wireless connection before login possible

Try adding an entry in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry key.

In a command prompt, get the name of your profile by running netsh wlan show profile

Then in registry editor, add a string value to the above mentioned key. Call it anything, but its value should be something like

%comspec% /c netsh wlan connect name="<profile name>"

If there are no profiles available, make sure the automatically connect option is on (although from your question, it appears to be on).

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