TECH NEWS – If you’re using Microsoft’s operating system, you may have noticed that connecting to a VPN is not working smoothly lately, and here’s why!

On April 9, Microsoft released the April security update for Windows, KB5036893, which affects Windows 11 versions 23H2, 22H2, and 21H2, and Windows 10 versions 22H2 and 21H2. This also has a side effect: It’s not so easy to connect to virtual private networks, or VPNs. In some cases, it’s not possible to connect to a VPN at all, which is risky because it prevents the user from hiding their IP address, which can easily reveal their location (and also prevents access to blocked websites, as many people use VPNs to circumvent censorship).

Microsoft says on its website that it is working on a solution and will provide more details soon. The Windows 11 subreddit, however, did not see many people complaining about this, despite the fact that when an operating system bug occurs, a discussion about it is usually generated almost immediately. Perhaps this is because many people did not blame Windows for the possible bug, but rather VPNs…

Microsoft recommends the removal of KB5036893: “To remove the LCU after installing the combined SSU and LCU package, use the DISM/Remove-Package switch with the LCU package name as the argument. To find the package name, use this command DISM /online /get-packages. Running the Windows Update Standalone Installer (wusa.exe) with the /uninstall switch on the combined package does not work because the combined package contains the SSU. You cannot remove the SSU from the system after it is installed.

A slightly more extreme solution is to see if your router or VPN provider allows you to run the VPN directly through the hub, so that Windows doesn’t need to know about the connection. In any case, this is an unusual problem, but hopefully it will be fixed soon, since a lot of people use VPNs…

Source: PCGamer, Microsoft, Microsoft