Apps impacted by this can range from Windows 10’s built in Cortana search to games and streaming services with Windows 10 clients, like Spotify. The bad news is many installed applications base their connectivity on Windows 10’s status, so they won’t even try to connect if Windows 10 says there is no connection. Because the warning is bogus, the good news is your Internet browser will still work. What affected users see is Windows 10’s standard ‘No Internet Access’ label (a yellow triangle) appear on their WiFi or Ethernet icon in the system tray (bottom right hand corner). Given its troubled start to life, that may prove to be a blessing in disguise for many PCs. Despite its name, Microsoft still prevents many PCs from installing the May 2020 update due to known hardware conflicts.

Last week, Microsoft also patched another May 2020 bug which could cause Windows 10 to throw up error messages and blue screens when connecting or disconnecting from Thunderbolt docks. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the problem affects users running the Windows update, but Microsoft has released a fix into Windows Update which should address the problem automatically and bring the operating system up to version 19041.84. Spotted by BleepingComputer, Microsoft says a problem with its popular Disk Cleanup utility could result in PCs refusing to boot up. So you need to be on your guard.Ġ7/20 Update: Microsoft has confirmed a further significant Windows 10 issue, but this time the company has issued a fix simultaneously. Moreover, the problem has been affecting a growing number of users for several months as Microsoft continues to roll out the update to more and more PCs.

Picked up by Windows Latest, Microsoft has confirmed that its ( ever more troubled) Windows update can cut off users from the Internet, even when their Internet connections are working.

Windows 10 has ruined my computer