• Microsoft fixes some NEC compatibility problems, but keeps the 1903 upgrade block in place

    Posted on October 25, 2019 at 11:26 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    NEC was a major PC manufacturer, back in the time of pterodactyls. These days, not so much. But that doesn’t let them off the hook for compatibility problems.

    Microsoft just announced that it’s worked with NEC to fix a compatibility problem that kept NEC computers from working with Win10 version 1903. Quoth the Release Information Status page:

    Safeguard on certain devices with some Intel and Broadcom Wi-Fi adapters

    Microsoft and NEC have found incompatibility issues with Intel Centrino 6205/6235 and Broadcom 802.11ac Wi-Fi cards when running Windows 10, version 1903 on specific models of NEC devices. If these devices are updated to Windows 10, version 1903, they will no longer be able to use any Wi-Fi connections. The Wi-Fi driver may have a yellow exclamation point in device manager. The task tray icon for networking may show the icon for no internet and Network & Internet settings may not show any Wi-Fi networks.

    Because of that problem, Microsoft has been blocking Win10 1903 upgrades on NEC machines with the afflicted hardware.

    Now comes word that MS has fixed the problem. It’s resolved in this month’s second, optional, non-security cumulative update for 1903, KB 4522355 (although the fix isn’t mentioned in the KB article).

    Microsoft’s keeping the upgrade block in place until “mid-November,” no doubt waiting for next month’s first cumulative update, which should include the fix.

    Hardware, Windows 10 Releases, Windows Patches/Security
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