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hughlle

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Still experiencing an annoying issue of a usb stick being inserted into the surface usb port killing off my internet. It doesn't kill it in that I lose my wifi connection etc, but in that once the usb stick is plugged in, it'll take minutes to load up any web page, even if just a google search. No viruses or malware detected anywhere. It's been like this for a while now across multiple builds.
 

GreyFox7

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Still experiencing an annoying issue of a usb stick being inserted into the surface usb port killing off my internet. It doesn't kill it in that I lose my wifi connection etc, but in that once the usb stick is plugged in, it'll take minutes to load up any web page, even if just a google search. No viruses or malware detected anywhere. It's been like this for a while now across multiple builds.
I doubt this is caused by or will will be fixed by software. it's a known issue with many USB devices emitting RFI (Radio Frequency Interference). Shield it (wrap it in tinfoil) or plug it in with a long cable to move it away from the antenna.
 

hughlle

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I doubt this is caused by or will will be fixed by software. it's a known issue with many USB devices emitting RFI (Radio Frequency Interference). Shield it (wrap it in tinfoil) or plug it in with a long cable to move it away from the antenna.

It's never been a problem in the past. Only the last few months :/ I used to always have this usb stick plugged in for backing up documents as I worked and never had an issue.
 

hughlle

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Being a pain for me. Wifi no longer works. It finds all the available AP's, and then just tells em passwords are wrong, "something has changed since last time" etc.
 

GTiceman

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15007 is generally okay here except I can transfer nothing to an external device. I tried two phones and I just get an alert noise, no pop-up. My external drives are not working either when connected via USB.
 

sharpuser

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@GTiceman ,

Try the tweak I posted above (run cmd as Admistrator).

I can transfer to my networked hard drive, Mac drives, and USB drives just fine.
 

GTiceman

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@GTiceman ,

Try the tweak I posted above (run cmd as Admistrator).

I can transfer to my networked hard drive, Mac drives, and USB drives just fine.

Already tried the tweak. Seems like something with the phones that wasn't an issue before but I am looking into it. USB drives now working fine.
 
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