Windows 10 How do I disable background Wi-Fi network searches on my PC (Windows 10)

[Cowjar]

As of yesterday, I began experience major ping spikes while gaming. I've managed to figure out what the problem is. The problem is my PC keeps detecting other Wi-Fi networks for me to connect to. There are so many that my PC isn't able to detect all at once, so when my PC does eventually search (every 5 to 10 minutes) I get a big lag spike. When I ping www.google.com it looks something like this


Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=2602ms TTL=54

Reply from 172.217.7.228: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=54



I was pinging while looking at the available networks and I saw that whenever I experienced a big spike one of the available networks would be replaced. Disabling WLAN accomplishes nothing because I am not hard wired and I'm unable to do so. I've also tried the WLAN optimizer but, that also didn't work. I was wondering if there would be some way I would be able to stay connected to my current wi-fi while disabling a background search for others. I'm not connected to the others so I am unable to forget them. Anyone assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!

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