Windows 10: win10 update/upgrade resets network settings

Really Microsoft needs to reconsider the whole Win10 update philosophy.. We will now take remedial action so that updates will no longer be applied as the the result can cause severe business issues.

Yesterday, were we performing a system clean up which does necessitate reboots - we also took the precaution of deferring updates for 3 days. However Microsoft knows best and went to do a major upgrade.

First this wasted a lot of time as in effect the system which acts as a server was unavailable for over an hour which in itself is intolerable. Secondly and more critically the upgrade changed/reset the network settings.

These events cause a business risk, so we will now stop all Windows updates, Windows updates for us now is a bigger risk than being infected with malware, we have backups and redundancy but we cannot allow Microsoft to do as they please. Frankly Microsoft's vision is grossly misplaced - whoever dreamed this up should be removed from office.

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Restting network settings

Thanks Johann for the advice but I was referring to the "network settings" of win10 not the external router. Quite often the connection is just unbearable but network reset of win10 through settings-network and internet-then down the bottom and slightly
hidden is "network reset". This seems to brings things back to some normality or at least a usable connection. Why is this necessary? Why do I need to do it daily?

 

Unable to connect to internet over Ethernet after upgrade to Win10, Windows Sockets regsitry enteries missing

Recently upgraded Win7 to Win10, with all recent updates installed. Internet connection over WiFi works, however, unable to connect via Ethernet ever since the upgrade to Win10. Have unistalled/reinstalled network adapters, updated and manually installed
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver to latest Win10 driver (version 10.6.1001.2015), have reset netsh winsock, reset IPv4 and IPv6, confirmed there is no VPN software, disabled off Green Ethernet, rebooted a gazillion times.

Only problem I can find is that Windows Network Diagnostics states that: "Windows Sockets registry entries required for network connectivity are missing."

I went out and purchased a new network adapter, TP-Link TG-3468, but found the same problem. This adapter apparently uses the same Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller as my built in Ethernet adapter uses.

Please let me know if there are any solutions beyond all of the obvious ones listed on various web sites to solving this problem.

 

It's true as discussed in other threads that upgrades change certain settings and can break a few programs. I quite agree with you. It is sadly necessary to act cautiously and defensively.

However you will need to make the case to MS - e.g. via the feedback app or one of their forums- perhaps even by letter!

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