Why did my brand new computer automatically get into my home wifi, with out ever asking for a prompt and also 1st time being in my house?e

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Why did my brand new computer automatically get into my home wifi, with out ever asking for a prompt and also 1st time being in my house?e

rpolftail 0

i had bought my lab top in California and then took it to my home in another state, I try to get online and then select connect. And without asking for a passcode I am put online, New computer fresh out of the box. Could it be that upon setup and giving certain information, it is enough to just have wifi passcode shared, then the code could have been also stored in the cloud?

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DaveM121 945.9K Independent Advisor

If you use a Microsoft account to log into Windows on a previous device that was connected to your home router and you sync your settings to the cloud, then the WiFi password would be synced to your account and that would enable your new laptop to connect to that router without needing to insert a WiFi security key, or if your home router supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) and you pressed the WPS button (small button with up/down arrows) on the router, that would also connect the laptop automatically to your router

rpolftail 0 Reputation points

2026-10-29T15:11:47.66+00:00

Hello, the cloud is not my thing. I looked at what is saved in my Microsoft cloud now, and only a few new items were present from recent activity. Not any thing from my last lab top. But the same lab top was recognized by the Microsoft cloud account. I removed that lab top from list since it is dying now. Yes on the death bed...But I did see a lot of video attempts on the saved data. A few of my promotional videos and 20 video attempts with no data or titles. So I deleted all those saved empty files.

So after those details and copilot saying the cloud will not keep wifi codes, not sure of why this perfomance.
DaveM121 945.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-10-29T15:20:32.15+00:00

The WiFi password would not be stored on your OneDrive (Cloud), but stored in your Microsoft account sync settings, the synced settings should be available on this link, but you may not see specific settings like a WiFi password..

https://account.microsoft.com/privacy?refd=account.microsoft.com
rpolftail 0 Reputation points

2026-10-29T17:59:59.4+00:00

I just found out I was circumstantially logged into teams. Which I never signed up for. But do realize that skype, apparently is auto logging me into the teams app. I did not use skype for a very long time.

I know that My skype password and also microsoft pass word are the same. Maybe that is why this new labtop did the auto connect?
DaveM121 945.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-10-29T18:03:21.18+00:00

The only way that your new laptop could automatically log into your WiFi is if the password is stored your account or if you pressed the WPS button on your router, there is no other way this could have happened.
rpolftail 0 Reputation points

2026-10-29T18:37:37.2866667+00:00

No press the WPS button, if I have one at all. Interesting observation in my DOCs files stored on cloud. Try to delete them and they are not all deleting. And a few Dos have a special message from otherside. LOLScreenshot 2026-10-29 083003.png
rpolftail 0 Reputation points

2026-10-30T02:13:26.47+00:00

Any other ideas Dave?

And when I up loaded the microsoft page those undeleted DOCs were then removed. Could those DOCs have possibly been back doors hacks?
DaveM121 945.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-10-30T06:07:07.9366667+00:00

For the OneDrive problem, the best option is to start a new thread in the OneDrive section to get the best help from a OneDrive expert there.