My desktop machine dual boots win 10 and win 11. I went back to Win 10 and the driver levels were significantly older than the ones on Win 11. They were back at 22.60.0.6 for Wifi and BT. I thought I'll do this the easy way and use the Intel Driver and Support Assistant. I've used it a lot and it always seemed to keep the Intel stuff updated. However, it refused to update the Win 10 drivers and said they the latest at 22.60.0.6.BT: Driver Date: 2021-08-26 Version: 22.80.0.4 File version: 10.0.22000.1 (Win Build:160101.0800)
Wi-fi: Driver Date: 2021-09-12 Version: 22.80.1.1
Even with older drivers it was still showing as an ejectable device.
I did some searching and found the latest drivers were 22.90.0.5 WiFi and similar for BT. I loaded the new drivers up on Win 10 and confirmed them with Device Manager. No Eject icon showed up. I then loaded up the new drivers on Win 11. They were the same executable as used for Win 10. I confirmed them with Win 11 Device Manager at 22.90.0.5 WiFi and 22.90.0.4 for BT. Unfortunately, no change to our problem. The Eject icon is still present and it lists the BT for ejection.
So now I have identical (same version) drivers on Win 10 and Win 11 and only Win 11 has the problem. Also, we cannot rely on the Intel Driver Updater in either win 10 or win 11 for wifi and BT drivers. It's all very disappointing.
The locations of the new drivers are shown below.
Windows® 10 and Windows 11* Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel® Wireless Adapters
Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® for Windows® 10
Although the second link implies only Win 10, on the page it also refers to being certified for Win 11.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 22H2
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Bob the Builder
- CPU
- Intel i7-13700KF @ 5.4GHz
- Motherboard
- MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi DDR4
- Memory
- G-Skill F4-3200C16-16GVK x 2 (32GB total)
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2X 8G OCV1 LHR
- Sound Card
- Realtek® ALC4080 (mobo chipset)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Philips 28 inch Display 288E2UAE
- Screen Resolution
- 3840 x 2160 (16 x 9)
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 980 Pro NVMe M2 500GB, Samsung 980 NVMe M2 500GB, Samsung 2.5" SSD 1TB, Seagate 2.5" ST5000 5TB, Seagate Barracuda NVMe M2 1TB, Samsung MZVL2512HCJQ OEM NVMe M2 1TB
- PSU
- MSI MPG R850GF PSU (850W)
- Case
- Fractal Design Define 7 Compact ATX
- Cooling
- CoolerMaster MA610P
- Keyboard
- HAVIT mechanical keyboard HV-KB390L TKL
- Mouse
- Logitech M350 Pebble Mouse BT + wireless
- Internet Speed
- 50 x 20 megabits / second fibre
- Browser
- Microsoft Edge
- Antivirus
- Microsoft
- Other Info
- Intel Ethernet 1226-V 2.5GHz @ 1GHz
Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210
ASUS router RT-AX86U with Wi-Fi 6
Logitech BRIO webcam
Macrium Reflect 8.1 paid for backups etc.
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- Operating System
- Win 11 Pro 22H2
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- MSI SUMMIT E16 FLIP EVO A11MT-013AU
- CPU
- Intel i7-1195G7
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Iris Xe graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 16" 120Hz Pen Touch panel
- Screen Resolution
- 2560 x 1600 (16 x 10)
- Hard Drives
- Samsung NVMe 980 Pro 1TB
- PSU
- Delta Electronics ADP-65SD B, HP 1HE08AA
- Mouse
- Logitech M350 Pebble Mouse BT + wireless
- Keyboard
- Full Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 50 x 20 megabits / second fibre
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Microsoft
- Other Info
- Killer Wi-Fi 6E 1675x (210NGW)
MSI Pen
Web Cam with Windows Hello Face
Fingerprint Reader
ASUS router RT-AX86U with Wi-Fi 6
Macrium Reflect 8 paid for backups etc.