Latest Windows 11 update is causing slow SSDs & WiFi connections, BSoD, and more

[Guillermo Belli]

I'm a big user/fan of Linux also. I've explored Ubuntu and Mint mostly. They are really great systems.

I agree with you about the thrill of new Major OS releases being anticipated but that's not really Microsoft's fault. Technology today allows and therefore fosters the way things are with regard to OS updates now. Some people, let's call them Windows Insiders, can't wait to install each and every build that the Microsoft fools release. So, I guess you could say they still have the love and anticipation of each new release.

If you wanna minimize all the Windows (or Microsoft) spying 1) Never use Bing search engine and 2) You don't need to know how to stop it personally as there are many 3rd party applications that can configure your system in the blink of an eye to stop the spyware.

I've never really like the idea of change for change's sake. That's just silly. But Microsoft does get some stuff right. File Explorer and the classic "Notepad" app now have tabs just like a web browser. It's one of those things they should have thought of years ago.

I said I never use Microsoft's search engine Bing which is true. But I forgot to also mention that I won't touch their Edge browser either. I don't see myself ever touching it. Not to the day that I die. I guess that's my way of keeping them from becoming a bigger monopoly than they already are and keeping their fingerprint on me as small as possible. Anything Microsoft tries to strong arm upon me, I naturally resist to the full extent of my power. So, it's not really wise or beneficial for them to engage in the stupidity of the forced browser tactics.

I recommend you try Manjaro.

 

[Guillermo Belli]

This is why Windows 10 will be my last M$haft OS.

Win10 was supposed to be the "last" Windows OS. They lied. Well, there are like 20 different versions of Win10 anyways, so they didn't intend to be straight from the beginning.

 

[mrvco]

Just when you thought it was safe to upgrade to Win11...

 

[waclark]

Just because they have analysts doesnt mean they will listen to them. Or that those analysts will listen to us.

The reality is these companies have figured out that the majority will continue to purchase products, at inflated prices, regardless of how little work is put in.

Inflated prices for Windows OS? I just did a simple Google search, Windows 11 Pro, 9.99. I would hardly call that "inflated".

 

[waclark]

SNIP

And I'm not exactly against Data collection in products that are free. Windows isn't free. It might seem free if you get it with a computer you bought or, like me, get a license online for pennies on the dollar. Heck, they were basically giving Windows 10 away whenever it was released. You could get a legitimate Windows 10 key by upgrading from a pirated copy of Windows 7. Fact of the matter is that you can go out and pay $160 for a Windows 11 pro license, that's what they value their product at.

You might find a place that will charge you $160, but you can get Win 11 Pro for $11.90, I've seen it as low as $9.99.

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[Athlonite]

I've not seen any of the reported issues so far but then all of the hardware I use is Win 11 pro x64 compatible and I use GPEdit.msc to not allow updates to happen unless I say yes do it for just this type of reason

 

[amghwk]

To use the Win11 Pro, I re-used my old Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate serial keys to activate it. Seems like Microsoft is keen to let everyone upgrade to their latest OS, that they, like, go easy on the serial keys. (The thing is, I re-used the same keys on a few systems, and they still work.)

 

[Stark]

This update wasted 3 days of my time. Formatted 4 systems to fresh installation of windows thinking something was not right, as the Wi-Fi stopped working after system resumed from idle, even Ethernet was not working, but some apps left open would work like YouTube on web browser.
Took me a second install to pin the culprit as this update, it works fine on Windows 10 machines, but Win 11 users are screwed.
Bloody hell.
Edit : The error was cannot resolve DNS. A system restart would fix it, but the net connection would stop working abruptly after a few hours of use.
Edit 2 : uninstalling update did not make the issue disappear, also made task manager unstable, with it crashing willy-nilly on any and every click of mouse.

 

[Max Laing D MP]

So I can say that I at least posted this SOMEWHERE out here in the ethos, I, too, had quite the issue once this new Win 11 update was installed.

The moment the installation was finished Explorer kept restarting regardless of whether I was taking any action or not.

The restarting of Explorer was evidenced by my Desktop Icons and Taskbar going away and coming back in what seemed to be an endless loop.

I could repeatedly hit the Windows Key but even before that pathetic excuse for a Start Menu would fully paint to the screen, Explorer would restart again (icons, taskbar, and partial start menu going away only to return momentarily with the desktop icons and taskbar).

I was able to successfully Ctrl-Alt-Del and get to the Task Manager screen. From there, I was able to Restart the system.

Fortunately, once Win 11 completed the boot up process, the Explorer restart loop issue went away and what seemed like "normal operations" was able to continue.

I say, "...seemed like...", as I have had to reboot the system twice since the installation of the update as a result of the system either locking up or not being able to remain online through the WiFi connection here in my house. Things that typically do not happen as Win 11 on my MSI laptop has proven rather solid in its stability and performance - including staying connected to my network.

No idea what tomorrow will bring as I am now simply hoping all will have settled down after the update has been applied and the system has been fully rebooted twice.

For clarity, after that second reboot, the system has yet to lock up again and it has remained online throughout the remainder of the workday yesterday.

 

[redgarl]

It's AMD's fault...

/SARCASM

 

[Neatfeatguy]

This update wasted 3 days of my time. Formatted 4 systems to fresh installation of windows thinking something was not right, as the Wi-Fi stopped working after system resumed from idle, even Ethernet was not working, but some apps left open would work like YouTube on web browser.
Took me a second install to pin the culprit as this update, it works fine on Windows 10 machines, but Win 11 users are screwed.
Bloody hell.
Edit : The error was cannot resolve DNS. A system restart would fix it, but the net connection would stop working abruptly after a few hours of use.

Sounds similar to the print spooler issue that MS introduced a few years back with a "security" update. Most systems had no problems, but others.....others had awful printing issues with the print spooler service failing. You'd get a couple of prints and then failure. Sometimes just restarting the service would fix it for a few more prints, but eventually you needed to restart your computer.

Worst part was, it took me almost a week to finally convince the stupid IT guy that the last Windows update he pushed through was the culprit to my printing issues at work. He did everything under the sun, even a complete Windows reinstall, but with that one specific update it just broke printing on my computer.

I had to show the IT guy how to block the update from coming through again.....he's not the brightest IT guy.

 

[Junglist724]

My smb shares are sooooo slow now. I used to be able to play games on my network drive with nearly sata ssd like performance. Now I open a game and it loads for 20 minutes.

 

[noXLar]

Mine is working perfectly.. no issues at all.. although I still missing animation for task view.. I honestly might go back to win10pro just because of this.. because im working with 12 noxplayers over 3 screens.. it change so quick that I don't know if I actually multi tasked.. because of this, I do very bad stuff in areas im not supposed to.. by mistakes thinking that I did multitask. I even tried the insider tool for bringing it back, but nothing changes.. I might get used to it.. but I really want it badly

 

[p51d007]

I'll continue to stick with 10 pro for now.

 

[BigMeatyClackers]

"Upgraded" to win 11 from 10 over the winter. I don't notice any improvements honestly just a step back in many ways. aptx low latency codec for bluetooth airpods worked great on win 10, you have to hack it into working properly on 11 or pay for magicpods app. Also the SMB shares on my NAS are crawling now. I don't even like the new UI stuff ended up paying $5 for startisback. Just not worth it...if you're debating on 11 my advice would be just stick with 10 you'll be better off for now.

 

[rmcrys]

"Upgraded" to win 11 from 10 over the winter. I don't notice any improvements honestly just a step back in many ways. aptx low latency codec for bluetooth airpods worked great on win 10, you have to hack it into working properly on 11 or pay for magicpods app. Also the SMB shares on my NAS are crawling now. I don't even like the new UI stuff ended up paying $5 for startisback. Just not worth it...if you're debating on 11 my advice would be just stick with 10 you'll be better off for now.

I have 2 PCs on W11 (one of them came from W10) and on W11 I barely had any issues at all. On W10 that PC had many issues with BSODs, the store would just break after some time. On W11 no issues, fun UI.

 

[Vanderlinde]

Microsoft should be accountable for the damage they cause with these untested updates.

We shifted from teams that would test all the updates up to now consumers being the beta tester.

 

[yeeeeman]

So that is why I was getting so many bsods in the last week. thanks microsoft!

 

[msetzerii]

Brother has a major problem with his Acer Predator Helios 55.
Had Windows 10, and he didn't want to update to Windows 11, but after a restart it came up with message that it was installing windows 11?? Afterwards had strange issues. Acer doesn't have Windows 11 drivers for setup, and the machine was randomly not seeing wifi or bluetooth or both?? Then Windows 11 came up with message about PIN issue, and would not send code to brothers phone that had worked before. So, he went to reset security option, which is all it gave, but that takes 30 DAY!!. Booting to Windows 11 now just gives message that to setup pin, but login to the outlook account only give message that reset was done on 2/27 and have to wait 30 days. No other options. Can boot to Fedora 37 USB and it works mostly. It does also see the issue with wifi and blutooth sometimes working and sometimes not? My Acer notebook is a $600 model while Brothers was like $2500 (gaming system). Mine came with Window 7, and still has it on drive, but primary OS is Fedora 36.
Just saw this article, and perhaps it does or doesn't have anything to do with problem. Have like another 10 days to wait for security update.

 

[captaincranky]

Sorry if I am wrong, but my understanding was that the reason behind Microsoft's aggressive system requirements for windows 11 is to prevent these kind of issues as they won't have to support old hardware.

I think it's a bit more Machiavellian than that. Apparently, Windows 10's task scheduler isn't completely up to dealing with Intel's E core, P core strategy.. So, instead of updating it in Win 10, they sell you a new OS.

When Windows 10 was introduced, both Intel and AMD announced that their newest processors would only be fully compatible with 10. So they in turn, sold you a new CPU.

I don't think it's fully sunk in yet, but we're witnessing the onset of "forced obsolescence". M$ and it's "co-conspirators", are attempting to put a projected lifespan on the PC, similar to what you would expect out of a cell phone.

Well, I'm using a 13 year old PC, with Windows 7 ATM. Do you think either M$, or Intel, or AMD's stockholders would approve of that? Not likely.

Most people in the US, no longer possess the ability to distinguish want from need, and it plays right into marketer's and manufacturers hands.

You can go though this forum and see evidence of this. Some members believe they primarily have to justify to themselves first, and then to their fellows, why they won't be buying one o' dem fancy new GTX-4090s. Us old fogeys used to summarily dismiss this as trying to, "keep up with the Joneses".

 

[Nobina]

I still don't understand why you would expect something else from Microsoft

I've been running Windows XP for more than a decade without a single BSOD issue and repeatedly telling Microsoft and everyone else how to do it at several websites for many years before they finally got the clue

Microsoft uses information like this for Monopoly control without even a thank you on their new Spyware Platforms

They told you they want the public to design Windows 10 and were building it the way users wanted it
It was just another lie

Did the Public ask for backdoors and spyware?
I don't think so

Did the public ask for a system that can no longer be fixed by your IT dept but only by Microsoft if and when they choose to fix it?
I didn't think so

Did the public ask for a system with backdoors that cannot be closed?
I don't think so

If Microsoft finds Russian / N. Korean or Chinese malware using one of their backdoors, they close that door and open 3 new ones

Only Microsoft malware is allowed!
Why would you expect any different from a criminal Monopoly with their Global Spyware Platform?

Why?

Couldn't you run Windows 10/11 debloating tools and get modern OS experience without the negatives?

 

[KofeViR]

Windows 12 in 2024.
Windows 11 won't become popular.
Windows 10 is the new 7.

 

[Jrfeimst2]

Lol what is crazy is that they said the file copying was a “known issue.” Why send the update out with such a horrible known issue and then saying hey use this work around. Ridiculous.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Each time I see something about Windows 11, it only re-affirms to me that I made the right choice when I decided to stick with Windows 10.

Microsoft gonna Microsoft....

 

[zamroni111]

What is going on at Microsoft? They've shown they're capable of making a Good OS, the early version of Windows 10 were great. Why are they making changes that people don't want while also breaking things? Every company makes mistakes but this has been a trend for YEARS now. The most bizarre thing is that took Windows 10 from an OS that people really liked to whatever dumpster fire it is today. They then release Windows 11 which most people had no interest in and consistently make it worse.
It's really hard for me to understand because companies this large have teams of market analysts who's entire job is to look at what people don't like about a product and how to make it better. Microsoft has obviously seen how much people hate these changes and updates and then doubled down on them?

Early windows 10 had bad peripheral compatibility issues.
Every semi annual upgrade breaks Bluetooth, HDMI audio and printer functionalities.