Windows update (24H2) causing wifi issues

Anonymous
2025-01-06T03:50:23+00:00

Hi,

I installed the new windows 11 24H2 update about a week and for whatever reason my wifi drivers have stopped working (specifically the Killer (R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i). The wifi option itself no longer appears.

I have tried a number of the solutions listed on this forum involving troubleshooting, a network reset, entering the netsh/ipconfig commands on CMD for TCP/IP reset, uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, restarted the router (not the modem, but I don't think this should be an issue as other devices seem to connect just fine) and nothing seems to be working. I didn't realize that I hadn't approved system restore, so I don't have a restoration point I can restore to. Uninstalling the update doesn't seem to be doing anything either (I am fairly sure that I uninstalled the correct update, but I could be wrong).

I have an Acer Swift Go 14 device (i7-1355u). I am not super technically adept, so I am not sure the following will cause any issues with connecting or not, but I have the Cisco AnyConnect Adapter driver, a VPN driver (Tunnel Bear), the Bluetooth Personal Area Network driver, a Realtek USB driver, and a bunch of WAN Miniport drivers as part of my network drivers.

Currently, I can only connect to the internet via an Ethernet connection.

Any help would be appreciated.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-07T11:12:20+00:00

    This worked for me for a few day, but now I'm back to having the same issue

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-31T01:28:17+00:00

    Just today my wifi connection disappeared on my laptop. Last time it happened I simply rebooted and that fixed it; didn't work this time. Laptop went to sleep, usually upon waking wifi will take a few seconds to connect, but this time no dice. Checked settings -> updates & found a pending windows (10) system update. Fortunately, I have an ethernet cable, so connected it to my laptop, downloaded/installed the update, clicked "restart," & when finished went to wifi settings to check available networks, found both my networks (2.4 GHz & 5 GHz), clicked/checked both to connect, and viola wifi access was back.

    Never had this happen before. My cell was still connected to wifi so was able to check availability troubleshoots, but they looked a bit too complicated for my comfort. I was fortunate applying system update fixed my issue. Maybe this might help someone else, hopefully.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-28T14:19:02+00:00

    If your WIFI Keeps disappearing after the restart.

    Try this proven fix - Registry > Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wcmsvc

    and look DependOnService in there, Open it and remove the last line. For some reason Microsoft (re t _ _ d s) decided to add Http auth proxy as a dependency in 24h2.
    Final Reg value should be like this

    RpcSs

    NSI

    Reboot > Profit.

    This seams to have solved the issue for me.

    Prior to this, every boot I did I had to disable and then enable my network card via device manager. Not had to since making this change.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-23T12:36:15+00:00

    If your WIFI Keeps disappearing after the restart.

    Try this proven fix - Registry > Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wcmsvc

    and look DependOnService in there, Open it and remove the last line. For some reason Microsoft (re t _ _ d s) decided to add Http auth proxy as a dependency in 24h2.
    Final Reg value should be like this

    RpcSs

    NSI

    Reboot > Profit.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-22T12:46:09+00:00

    We've had this issue in a corporate environment across a range of customers, it's a regkey. Easy enough to fix: effectively, this registry key gets changed to '4' which disables WinHttpAutoProxySvc as a service, killing the wifi and making it not appear in the GUI. When you enable the network adapter, it turns off immediately - because the service can't run.

    You can do this via the GUI as well, just open regedit and then go to HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinHttpAutoProxySvc where you ought to find 'Start' and change that to 3. Tactical restart, should do it.

    $ServiceName = "WinHttpAutoProxySvc"
    $RegPath = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services$ServiceName"
    $RegName = "Start"
    $DesiredValue = 3
    $LogFile = "C:\Tech\service_log.txt"

    Function Write-Log {
        param ([string]$Message)
        $TimeStamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
        "$TimeStamp - $Message" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $LogFile
    }

    Start logging

    Write-Log "Script started."

    Get the current registry value

    $CurrentValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name $RegName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    if ($CurrentValue -and $CurrentValue.$RegName -ne $DesiredValue) {
        Write-Log "Updating registry value from $($CurrentValue.$RegName) to $DesiredValue."
        Set-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name $RegName -Value $DesiredValue
        Write-Log "Registry key updated successfully."
    } elseif ($CurrentValue -and $CurrentValue.$RegName -eq $DesiredValue) {
        Write-Log "Registry key is already set correctly ($DesiredValue)."
    } else {
        Write-Log "Registry key not found or inaccessible."
    }

    Get the current service status

    $ServiceStatus = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName

    if ($ServiceStatus.StartType -ne "Manual") {
        Write-Log "Service is not set to autostart. Enabling it..."
        Set-Service -Name WinHttpAutoProxySvc -StartupType Manual
        Write-Log "Service enabled. A reboot may be required."
    } else {
        Write-Log "Service is already set to autostart."
    }

    Write-Log "Script execution completed."
    Write-Host "Script completed. Log saved to $LogFile"

    **

    We logged a ticket with Microsoft and they said we had to open a paid-ticket, a good blog on this is as follows: https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/10/27/windows-11-24h2-issues-break-internet-wi-fi-network-sharing-cause-more-bsods/

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