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Driver Update for Dual Band Wireless AC 7265 Causes Windows Crash
Hello.
So I just reinstalled windows 11 pro on my computer from a flash drive because I was having issues. After it was finished, installed updates and it started crashing with an ndis.sys error. After reinstalling a few times, I discovered this update seems to be the issue:
"Intel driver update for Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265"
After that one finishes installing, the ndis.sys error happens immediately. Computer forces a restart. It will work fine for a few minutes and then the ndis.sys error will happen again. Going to the windows update screen seems to trigger it immediately
Anyway, now I am intentionally avoiding installing this driver update. I have Windows 11 Pro so I went into group editor and switched automatic driver updates to off.
However....this doesn't seem like the ideal solution. Anyone have any suggestions? I understand I can go to the intel website and download the update manually....but I am not in the mood to try it just to have to do a reinstall again. Any other suggestions?
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The ndis.sys error is related to the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), which handles network drivers in Windows. When this error appears after updates, it often indicates a problem with network driver compatibility, corruption, or conflicts introduced by the update.
