Limited Access After Windows 7 Automatic Update

Darren

Darren

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Last night I was presented with a Windows update upon shut down. The next morning my Wireless adapter on my desktop refused to connect to my home network that I always use. I tried 3 different adapters, two of which were tested and working on other machines. After various driver reinstalls I got no where and had the same "limited access" issue. Did a system restore to before the update and it was immediately resolved. Update did itself again automatically and it went right back to it.

Did some research and it seems to be an issue with assigning an IP address to my computer for whatever reason. Potentially due to an issue with AV or a Firewall. I disabled my Firewall and that didn't fix it.

Just completed a system restore again to before the reinstall of the update and it's fine again. Going to disable automatic updates for a while and see what I can figure out.

Ideas on what's going on?
 
rule of thumb on windows update is wait 5 days or so in case there is a buggy update.i had one that disabled my sound.easy fix as i have a second hdd with a clone on it.ive had automatic updates disabled for years.
 
Do you see which specific KB# installed during that timeframe?

it seems to be an issue with assigning an IP address to my computer for whatever reason.
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You should be able to statically assign an address to rule out any sort of DHCP issues. Granted that isn't exactly a convenient approach for a wireless adapter between different SSIDs, but it might narrow it down a bit.
 
Windows Update did itself again automatically and it screwed it up again. Interestingly, just like the first time, the initial boot after the update didn't matter at all and internet was fine. However the next boot up, with no update, screws it up again.

There were 29 updates installed all three times in total it ran the updates and don't really know which one it was. It did say "failed" for one of them on the 9th, a security update. But the rest were successful and all the ones that were last done and subsequently screwed up the internet, were fine. So I have no clue which one it is.

Aldan, no. I'd say you're way more likely to have issues if you leave your updates off as opposed to having them off because you MIGHT get some issue from it. This is one of the very few times I've ever had an issue from an update.
 
a few days,until ms fixes the bad updates is not a big deal.i had one update that disabled my sound.it could have been a big deal if i didnt clone my drive.look on most any techsite and you will find they recommend not to enable autoupdate.
 
Even with a new WiFi adapter this still happened upon installing the same group of updates. It works fine after the first boot with the updates installed, but the next boot will have limited access.
 
Then there must be one specific update that is causing it. Install them one at a time until you find out which one it is.
 
johnb35 said:
Then there must be one specific update that is causing it. Install them one at a time until you find out which one it is.
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That seems to be the only option at this point. I started doing that with the Security updates on MSE, but didn't feel like digging through 100 office updates to find it. If it does it next time I try an update, I'll do that.
 
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