After the BIG 3-4GB update some days ago my printer driver was gone.
I reinstalled it and thought all was good ... but after booting up next day
my network (ethernet cable) wasn´t working! I ran the diagnose test and
got follwing message "Windows couldn't automatically bind the IP protocol
stack to the network adapter". And then I've tried everything I could find
on Google ... reinstalled Ethernet card drivers, disabled some programs and
antivirus ... as a last try I did a system recovery to the point before installing
the printer again ... and the network was working.
Then of course I had to try reinstall the usb-printer .... and the network was down
again, simply deleting the printer didn't make any difference! I now have to
choose between being able to use the Internet or the printer!!!
Anyone experienced something like this? I would be grateful for some
well-thought-out answers!
Hi, wecome to windowssh blog. Hmm, no solution, just wondering what happens if you disable Windows automatic driver update?
Device Driver Automatic Installation - Turn On or Off in Windows 10 - Windows 10 blog
more here:
Take Back Control Over Driver Updates in Windows 10
When you reinstall your printer driver, can you confirm what the Dev Man shows for your network card
- is the driver still installed but disabled?
- is the driver uninstalled?
What happens if you disable 'Allow computer to turn off this device' in driver properties, power management?
The driver is installed and enabled!
I have tried to disable 'Allow computer to turn off this device'
So this is what I understand:
- when you install your printer driver, your internet connection fails.
- both drivers are installed
- your NIC driver is enabled
- you cannot disable ''Allow computer to turn off this device'' for the NIC driver.
What happens when you try to do that? Nothing?
It might be interesting to try running this script, which used (when I had an occasional problem my NIC not working after resuming from hibernation in Win 8):
It's a compiled very very small autohotkey script- basically 2 commands to power down, power up.
After I ran it, my ethernet internet connection worked again.
Whether this will help you.. well, you can only try. Unzip it and run the exe file.
disable & enable nic to enable internet after resume.zip
I´ve found this solution, and it worked!
Go to Control Panel> Network and Internet > Network Sharing Center
Click 'Change adapter settings' in left pane.
Right click your adapter. Select 'properties'
There will be a box headed 'This connection uses the following items.'
KEEP THESE CHECKED:
Client for Microsoft Networks
QoS packet scheduler
File and Printer Sharing
Internet Protocol v6
Internet Protocol v4
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O driver
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Reminder
Uncheck everything else.
Go back to the Network and Sharing menu, disable and re-enable the adapter. That should work.
These were the ones I unchecked
General NDIS
Microsoft LLDP
Jumpstart Wireless
Glad you found a fix. Hope it stays fixed! Thanks for telling us.
