Posted on 07/15/2017 5:43:48 AM PDT by raybbr
I woke up this morning without wifi. I noticed that this update was installed.
I couldn't find my adapter in the Devices list. The wifi adapter is: Realtek RTL8723BE 802.11 bgn Wi-Fi Adapter.
It replaced it with a bunch of other WAN adapters which won't work.
I removed the update and now I have wifi again. However, this update is downloading again and I'm not interested in going through this every time the update runs.
How can I block this update until this issue is resolved?
I have an HP Pavilion laptop.
save for later
still free as far as i know- but when i ran it photoshop ran really really slow- i then tried virtualbox- sand it’s night and day- runs photoshop no problem now, and was actually easier than vmware to figure out some stuff
Thanks, thats what I figured. I played with VMWare at one time but I think its no longer free.
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I got a 3 license VMWARE 16.5.1 on ebay for $3....
All very frustrating.
“How can I block this update until this issue is resolved? “
disable the Windows Update Service (wuauserv) and then reboot. no more updates.
Or just download the internet; then you won’t need WiFi any more.
I updated two laptops to Creators and have had no core issues, but I have run into some compatibility problems w/ two third party software programs (RedOxygen Office SMS and Bose SoundTouch). Have kept to v. 1607 on my main workhorse and with the exception of one Office update which impacted all my machines (email search errors, now fixed w/ latest update) have had no troubles w/ regular updates.
Creators has some great features, so looking forward to the official update for my desktop, but I will get there slowly as they work out the kinks.
I saw somewhere that MS is moving OEMS to system-only drivers, which ought to minimize these types of problems.
Pretty crappy VM if the guest software can figure out it’s in one. Kinda defeats the purpose of “virtualization”, doesn’t it?
Yeah, I had major issues with my son and my own PC’s wifi adapter after. Had to download the latest driver from the vendor.
Thanks again for the links. I’ll take a look.
Here is a screenshot of what it installed for network adapters. I don't even know what those other adapters are.
I have a feeling they're some Windows adapters that they created to ensare more people.
That’s great! Glad they worked out for you.
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