USB Tethering/Wireless hotspot issue + No wireless connections being shown

[kingdrastic1]

Hi, i'm having a few issues currently and have tried googling them but not found any fix. First issue is that my computer is not showing any wireless connections as you can see in the image below, it doesn't display any wireless connections available in my home or in my area. Secondly i'm unable to USB Tether with my phone data to my computer, i've tested with my Laptop and on the laptop, both usb tethering and wireless hotspot connection to the laptop works perfectly fine. However since i can't see any wireless connections on my computer, i can't try to connenct to the hotspot wirelessly so my only choice is to usb tether but that doesn't work either as the little red cross indicates no connection. There's nothing wrong with my phone or any settings since the same settings work fine on my laptop. Also there's a little error icon that shows the message below in the screenshot when i double click it. I need some help on how i can start seeing wireless connections again on my computer and also why usb tethering doesn't work.
Appreciate any help as i've been trying to fix this issue for quite some time now but i've simply gotten no where from google and visiting forums so my only hope is to post in tech help sections on this website, thanks!

 

[kingdrastic1]

Ok so it seems my computer doesn't have a wireless adaptor, however i can't seem to understand why the usb tethering is not working. As you can see in the picture the red cross is there and it doesn't seem to be connected even though i've done everything correctly as it works on my laptop but not PC.

 

[trents]

What version of Windows are you using on the computer that will not allow you to tether your phone via USB? Is the phone an Apple product or android? Does the laptop use the same version of Windows as the computer that will not allow you to tether?

 

[kingdrastic1]

What version of Windows are you using on the computer that will not allow you to tether your phone via USB? Is the phone an Apple product or android? Does the laptop use the same version of Windows as the computer that will not allow you to tether?

The PC that's having the tethering issue is on windows 7 64 bit. The phone is a samsung s8+ android phone. The laptop is new and uses windows 10.

 

[trents]

Perhaps Windows 7 does not support this tethering function. The advent of Windows 7 predated some of the mobile technology now in place.

I would be tempted to upgrade the Windows 7 pc to Windows 10. It likely would be free to do so. Microsoft has been very lax about enforcing the Windows 10 upgrade Window.