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December's Windows 11 KB5033375 update breaks Wi-Fi connectivity

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What the hell is going on with windows 11?

I can't believe there are so many issues and bad UI choices, I have zero intention to upgrade as of right now

> What the hell is going on with windows 11?

Just normal Windows development process

> I can't believe there are so many issues and bad UI choices, I have zero intention to upgrade as of right now

Some updates come automaticaly. Office just decided to disable dragging in Excel.

when dual booting recently, i realized all the wifi security in windows is handled by the wifi driver!

only noticed that because one laptop lost wpa3 after a driver update so i went looking into what's packaged on those.

it's insane. expecting all wifi exploits to be covered and no bugs on crucial crypto done by the likes of driver authors on broadcom and such other companies... just crazy!

Was this an attempted security fix? December is not a great time to roll out wi-fi changes unless to fix a security issue.

What makes December a worse time compared to any other month?

> What makes December a worse time compared to any other month?

Seriously?

1. Holidays that people want to take off to spend with their families, rather than stressing over production breakages.

2. Or, if you don't care about spending time with your family: year-end book closing for many business were fiscal year-end matches calendar year-end. (Also don't make major changes during quarter-end.)

It's winter break for a lot of companies, virtually all universities and schools, so a lot of people are traveling at this time.

I come from a warm country that doesn't really have a winter break (winter means a few days of moderate rain per week for me), and culturally speaking we don't have as much emphasys on December holidays

It's unfortunate that students and employees don't get time off to enjoy the weather then.

Microsoft has no taste.

No it doesn't. It works for me. Maybe "for some" should be added to the title?

maybe or at least add 'potential'; i think it is a click-baity-title; update a windows font and the reboot from that will cause the wifi connection to drop lol

you are one one of feature releases mentioned i presume?

Yes, I'm on 23H2 with KB5033375 installed and my AX211 card works fine.

Your sample size of 1 out of 1.3 billion windows devices is a bit on the limited side. I think the article I saw said it breaks it for enterprise grade wifi so this may be a factor as well.

FTFA: "This issue affects enterprise wireless networks but does not affect home wireless/internet usage."

https://status.it.ubc.ca/incidents/jbgq7qslbj21?u=x8npr4065f...

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