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DURHAM D

(32,924 posts)

6. Windows 10 update ate my Wi-Fi device drivers last week.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Jul 29, 2017, 06:27 PM

Jul 2017

The device was less than a year old. Took me a while to get it back up and working.

The person who helped me said that Windows updates were eating all sorts of devices.

He works at Office Depot so it is boosting their sales.

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Windows 10 may cut off devices with older CPUs [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2017 OP

Not seeing how that is a bad thing. Egnever Jul 2017 #1

The plan now takes shape discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #2

Glad I kept my Windows 7 exboyfil Jul 2017 #3

I am also glad that I never went to Windows 10 katmondoo Jul 2017 #4

Glad I passed on the upgrade... 2naSalit Jul 2017 #5

Windows 10 update ate my Wi-Fi device drivers last week. DURHAM D Jul 2017 #6

That happened to me also. I used an internet USB adaptor and downloaded the drivers... Demsrule86 Jul 2017 #7

Creators update killed my NIC and WiFi HAB911 Aug 2017 #9

If computers are a thousand times more powerful... hunter Jul 2017 #8