I have two of these SCR3500 card readers, and both became inoperable after installing Microsoft's 24H2 Windows 11 release. Device Manager indicated that the driver was functioning correctly and the device was operational, but the readers would not read the CAC card—consistent with what others have reported.
The only resolution I found, regardless of any changes to core isolation settings or anything else, was to roll back the 24H2 release. This rollback seemed to be the only effective fix at the time.
However, here's where things get confusing. While dealing with this issue, I rebuilt another laptop and reset it to factory settings (Windows 10). During the patching process, it upgraded to Windows 11, including the 24H2 release. I decided to test my two SCR3500 readers on this machine, and surprisingly, they worked without issue.
This leads me to wonder if a patch or update for the 24H2 release has since resolved the card reader problems. Has anyone else checked for updates or installed anything recently to address this issue? I'm curious if others have seen similar results or have insights into this strange inconsistency. Reason I ask, is i wonder if its safe now to re-install the 24H2 on my original laptop?