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The problem doesn t seem to be caused by today s KB 3201845, which brings version 1607 up to 14393.479Credit: tejasp If your Windows 10 Anniversary Update PCs version 1607 are suddenly dropping their Wi-Fi connections and the Network Diagnostics troubleshooter is spouting Wi-Fi doesnrsquo;t have a valid IP configuration nonsense, yoursquo;re not alone.Irsquo;ve heard from many people who blame the Wi-Fi disconnect on todayrsquo KB 3201845, the patch which still isnrsquo;t documented on the Win10 update history site that brings version 1607 up to build 14393.479. Itrsquo unlikely that the new patch brought on the bug because the large influx of owala cup complaints started on Dec. 7 mdash; two days before the patch.Although the vast majority of Wi-Fi problem reports stanley website come stanley isolierkanne from Win10 version 1607 systems, there are other reports of the same problem on Win 7 and 8.1 PCs using domain-connected and not-connected systems with a wide array of ISPs, routers, and network cards. Speculation at this point says the disconnect results when a machine performs a fast startup, setting the machinersquo IP address to 169.x.x.x. Itrsquo an old problem, but somehow itrsquo come back in spades in the past two days. I have no idea what triggered the sudden outbreak, as there were no Win10 1607 patches issued on Dec. 6, 7 or 8.Microsoft acknowledged the problem on Dec. 8, with moderator and lsquo;Softie Lonnie_L posting on the Microsoft Answers forum:We are lo Jqcf Please don t take our XP away from us!

The agency has been seeking someone for almost a year The nearly year-long wait for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS to appoint an assistant secretary for cybersecurity and tele polene bag communications is finally over. The DHS late today announced that Greg Garcia, vice president of information security programs and policy at the Information Technology Association of America, has been named to the post.Before joining the ITAA polene handbag in 2003, Garcia served as a member of the professional staff at the House Science Subcommittee on Research, where he was involved in programs related to IT. Garcia has also worked in the private sector with 3Com Corp. and served as the coalition manager for a group called the Americans for Computer Privacy.The announcement ends a search that began last October when DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff announced polene bolsos the creation of the new position in a bid to elevate the importance of cybersecurity issues within the agency. Since then, the DHS has been under increasing pressure from industry groups and lawmakers to fill the position expeditiously. Just last week, lawmakers suggested that the delay in finding someone for the job had considerably weakened the agencyrsquo ability to coordinate a response strategy to a cyberattack against the nationrsquo critical infrastructure.During the hearing, which was conducted by the House Commerce Committeersquo Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Rep. John Dingell D-Mich. said that the failur