Update fixes Windows 10 bug that ruins your internet connection

Microsoft has lastly began rolling out a repair for a difficulty that ruins your Wi-Fi or ethernet-based web connection.

Earlier this 12 months, customers began reporting a bug that ruins Wi-Fi connection high quality and makes the web icon disappear from the taskbar. In some circumstances, it was additionally noticed that the Wi-Fi icon reported “no web connection” error regardless of there not being any issues with the connection.

We consider that the issue was attributable to the Home windows 10 Could 2020 Replace, nevertheless it was additionally noticed in Home windows 10 model 1909 and older variations after the current patches.

When you haven’t any web connection error within the taskbar, sure apps will merely cease working or go offline. In response to our personal checks, the bug is linked to Community Connectivity Standing Indicator (NCSI), which sits within the taskbar.

Home windows apps, akin to Spotify and Microsoft Retailer, use NCSI-dependent Home windows APIs to examine for web connectivity.

After current cumulative and have updates, NCSI incorrectly stories that your gadget will not be linked to the web and sure apps go offline as a result of they depend on what the NCSI says concerning the community.

It’s additionally value noting that customers with this NCSI bug can nonetheless open Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and different desktop apps. The bug seems to be hitting Microsoft Retailer apps solely, nonetheless, sure non-Retailer apps that depend on NCSI for the community connection, may also cease working.

Microsoft patches web bug in Home windows 10

Thankfully, Home windows 10 has lastly acquired fixes for web bugs which have been plaguing customers for greater than three months.

Fixes are included in Microsoft’s month-to-month non-obligatory patch for Home windows 10 and we will verify that Microsoft has efficiently mitigated the bug.

To seize the repair, that you must obtain and set up Home windows 10 Construct 19041.546, which is at the moment out there for obtain underneath the ‘Non-compulsory Updates’ display screen.

After making use of the patch, Home windows 10 will mechanically set the “EnableActiveProbing” worth in Registry to 1, which ought to handle the issue for a subset of customers.

For others who’ve mentioned the worth is already set to 1, Microsoft has additionally mounted the issue with Home windows APIs, which ought to resolve the issue for these nonetheless encountering the gremlin.

You’ll additionally get these fixes in October’s Patch Tuesday replace.