No connection after windows update

Whypatch · September 14, 2014

After a windows update my computer has no connection after rebooting. My powerline adapter works with my laptop and I already tried reinstalling drivers.

Whypatch · September 14, 2014

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jadwv2210 · September 15, 2014

If you have Windows update set to install updates for device drivers as well, you will need to uninstall the old drivers and make sure to remove the files for them. Windows stores the driver and when you try to install a new driver it recognizes that the one in the cache is "newer" and won't install the real driver. If that doesn't work your NIC might be dead.

Whypatch · September 15, 2014

If you have Windows update set to install updates for device drivers as well, you will need to uninstall the old drivers and make sure to remove the files for them. Windows stores the driver and when you try to install a new driver it recognizes that the one in the cache is "newer" and won't install the real driver. If that doesn't work your NIC might be dead.

The new driver auto uninstalled the old one. That still didn't work but restoring to a previous update seemed to fix it. I appreciate the help though.