Windows 10 Update 20H2 rant
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UPDATE: I've received several helpful suggestions and have tried most of them.. I have been working with several members of the helpdesk team for a few weeks now. I will be receiving a fresh laptop TODAY. Lets see what happens with the new one. :-) Note: not a request for help, however comments/suggestions always appreciated. :) The company I work for is forcing this update onto my company owned laptop. This specific update messes with my network connection somewhere within the router/modem with the result that my connection will stay up for about 1 minute, then disconnect. This results in the system being unusable as I heavily rely on the connection. I can roll back the update, however, the company keeps forcing the update, resulting in several hours wasted each week. I cannot stop the forced update, just wait till it is done, the roll back. UGH!! I've been working remotely with the IT team and they've decided to ship a fresh laptop with the update installed. Here's hoping THAT one works.
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UPDATE: I've received several helpful suggestions and have tried most of them.. I have been working with several members of the helpdesk team for a few weeks now. I will be receiving a fresh laptop TODAY. Lets see what happens with the new one. :-) Note: not a request for help, however comments/suggestions always appreciated. :) The company I work for is forcing this update onto my company owned laptop. This specific update messes with my network connection somewhere within the router/modem with the result that my connection will stay up for about 1 minute, then disconnect. This results in the system being unusable as I heavily rely on the connection. I can roll back the update, however, the company keeps forcing the update, resulting in several hours wasted each week. I cannot stop the forced update, just wait till it is done, the roll back. UGH!! I've been working remotely with the IT team and they've decided to ship a fresh laptop with the update installed. Here's hoping THAT one works.
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Are you using WiFi? Only because similar issues have been reported for WiFi. Me personally did not face problems after upgrading W10 to 20H2, but also not using WiFi.
I am apparently the only one with the issue within the company. The issue occurs both with WiFi and Ethernet cable. I also have several other devices (other laptops. tables, phones, IoTs) connected without issues. Thanks for asking.
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UPDATE: I've received several helpful suggestions and have tried most of them.. I have been working with several members of the helpdesk team for a few weeks now. I will be receiving a fresh laptop TODAY. Lets see what happens with the new one. :-) Note: not a request for help, however comments/suggestions always appreciated. :) The company I work for is forcing this update onto my company owned laptop. This specific update messes with my network connection somewhere within the router/modem with the result that my connection will stay up for about 1 minute, then disconnect. This results in the system being unusable as I heavily rely on the connection. I can roll back the update, however, the company keeps forcing the update, resulting in several hours wasted each week. I cannot stop the forced update, just wait till it is done, the roll back. UGH!! I've been working remotely with the IT team and they've decided to ship a fresh laptop with the update installed. Here's hoping THAT one works.
richwfowler wrote:
they've decided to ship a fresh laptop with the update installed
Sounds like a rather drastic solution. Have you tried a separate, cheap USB wifi dongle as a replacement? ...but hey, if you can get a newer laptop out of it...sounds a win-win situation to me.
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richwfowler wrote:
they've decided to ship a fresh laptop with the update installed
Sounds like a rather drastic solution. Have you tried a separate, cheap USB wifi dongle as a replacement? ...but hey, if you can get a newer laptop out of it...sounds a win-win situation to me.
It isn't a WiFi issue, I get the same errors when connected via ethernet cable. I've already lost several days work trouble shooting this. The idea is that hopefully, the new laptop from a fresh image will work properly, then I can "at my leisure", transfer my working environment with minimal down time.
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I am apparently the only one with the issue within the company. The issue occurs both with WiFi and Ethernet cable. I also have several other devices (other laptops. tables, phones, IoTs) connected without issues. Thanks for asking.
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UPDATE: I've received several helpful suggestions and have tried most of them.. I have been working with several members of the helpdesk team for a few weeks now. I will be receiving a fresh laptop TODAY. Lets see what happens with the new one. :-) Note: not a request for help, however comments/suggestions always appreciated. :) The company I work for is forcing this update onto my company owned laptop. This specific update messes with my network connection somewhere within the router/modem with the result that my connection will stay up for about 1 minute, then disconnect. This results in the system being unusable as I heavily rely on the connection. I can roll back the update, however, the company keeps forcing the update, resulting in several hours wasted each week. I cannot stop the forced update, just wait till it is done, the roll back. UGH!! I've been working remotely with the IT team and they've decided to ship a fresh laptop with the update installed. Here's hoping THAT one works.
This sounds like a network hardware driver problem. You might investigate using Device Manager and look for the latest-and-greatest driver from the manufacturer. It's possible part of the 20H2 update is replacing your old driver with one that doesn't work properly with your chip set. A newer driver would probably be left in place.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
This sounds like a network hardware driver problem. You might investigate using Device Manager and look for the latest-and-greatest driver from the manufacturer. It's possible part of the 20H2 update is replacing your old driver with one that doesn't work properly with your chip set. A newer driver would probably be left in place.
Software Zen:
delete this;We did that as well. Thanks for the suggestion.