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Windows 10 Update Broke DHCP, Knocked Users Off the Internet (arstechnica.com)

Posted by msmash on from the windows-updates dept.

Microsoft has quietly fixed a software update it released last week, which effectively prevented Windows 10 users from connecting to the Internet or joining a local network. From a report on ArsTechnica: It's unclear exactly which automatic update caused the problem or exactly when it was released -- current (unconfirmed) signs point to KB3201845 released on December 9 -- but whatever it was appeared to break DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), preventing Windows 10 from automatically acquiring an IP address from the network. There's also little detail on how many people were affected or why, but multiple cases have been confirmed across Europe by many ISPs. A Microsoft spokesperson has meanwhile confirmed that "some customers" had been experiencing "difficulties" getting online, but that's about it for public statements at present. However, a moderator on the company's forums has said the fix was included in a patch released on Tuesday called KB3206632.

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  1. I tried to get the patch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I couldn't get online.

    1. Re:I tried to get the patch by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I know it's not exactly difficult to manually assign an IP, but only if you know what you're doing.

      I know what ya mean- for some reason my grandma just never got the hang of configuring DHCP or assigning static IPs.

      I tried to email with instructions her but she never responded.

      --
      Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
    2. Re:I tried to get the patch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I had this happen to 1 machine at work, and did this to fix it:

      netsh winsock reset catalog (Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults)
      netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log (Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults)

      All of that cryptic command-line mumbo-jumbo just proves it: Windows is not yet ready for the desktop.

    3. Re:I tried to get the patch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      "I am veddy soddy sar. Yooo are goingd doo av doo reeboot your combutar sar."

  2. Re:Networking.....Windows Update? by arth1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Always on updates................ How do people get the update fixing the update when you've broken their fucking network you dumbasses?

    Simple. You buy and install a server that can feed a pxe environment through bootp, and install the patches that way...

  3. Re:Windows 10 by freeze128 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude, 1996 called and wants its joke back, but you missed the call because you were on the modem.

  4. Re:Update available! by subanark · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uninstall patch, then update?