windows 11 upgrades

A recurring regression in Windows 11 in-place feature updates is again knocking enterprise machines offline by removing the wired 802.1X policy files that the OS needs to authenticate to corporate switches, leaving upgraded endpoints isolated until administrators physically intervene to reapply...

A growing number of enterprise IT teams and system administrators are again reporting that Windows 11 feature updates can leave machines without wired network access by removing or emptying the C:\Windows\dot3svc\Policies folder — the place Windows stores the Wired AutoConfig (802.1X) policy...

A routine family favor turned into a small lesson in modern Windows plumbing when a tech-savvy nephew prepared to upgrade his aunt’s aging PC — only to discover the machine had already upgraded itself to a newer Windows release and quietly modernized its software stack. What looks like a...