Microsoft confirms the Wi-Fi issue caused by the update, issues rollback as a temporary fix

Microsoft has offered a temporary fix to Windows users for Wi-Fi-related issues after a Windows 11 update that compromised wireless connections on public, education, and enterprise networks.

The move is a response to reports from Windows users that they were having problems connecting their computers to Wi-Fi networks after the rollout of Microsoft products.

Microsoft blamed two OS updates — for the connectivity glitches in a post on its website and acknowledged its prevalence in affecting users of particular Wi-Fi networks over others

Fixing the problem

Microsoft's resolution isn't much different than what the university advised and what many other users already applied, which will cause the OS to fall back to a previous version of the code that doesn't have the problem.

Microsoft introduced KIRs in March 2021 as a service to fix non-security bugs. However, a KIE is just a temporary fix, and the company said it plans to more comprehensively fix the problem and will reissue a patch soon.

Microsoft also advised that it might take up to 24 hours for the resolution to propagate automatically to consumer devices and non-managed business devices; however, users can restart their devices to help hurry the process along.

Users Express Annoyance

Microsoft's response didn't come quickly enough for some users, who quickly took to internet message boards like Reddit to grumble publicly about having to mitigate it themselves by rolling back the update.

Microsoft's Community pages also lit up with people complaining about the fix, with users reporting that even newly purchased Windows laptops experienced slow or nonexistent wireless connectivity.

Long-suffering Windows users have a point, as the scenario is certainly not the first time an update by Microsoft aimed at patching its software inadvertently disrupted existing services. The company has a long and storied history of having to backtrack on an update or issue new patches for problems created by its patching system.

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