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Packets Stop Receiving Every 30 Seconds

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Packets stop receiving every 31-33 seconds exactly every time on the spot consecutively for 24/7.

There is not a single thing I haven't tried other than connecting to another network which in my case won't fix the issue.

To begin with I have an Omen. (Link to purchase: https://www.newegg.com/p/2WC-0001-002T6) It's a performance laptop I purchased roughly now three months ago. The issue started occurring around the 11th of September. I remember downloading two things before this issue occurred, HP's Utility Event Software (https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P4W8RFN9M2T) and 360 Security (https://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/) anything else I cannot quite remember, I did however use 360 Security to optimize network. A day or two later I noticed having internet issues very frequently where I'd cut out from any internet activities I was doing for a period of around 2.1-2.85 seconds every 31-33 seconds every time. From then on I tried everything to fix this issue and here's a list of what I tried (only the important):

(What the issue looks like: https://media.discordapp.net/attach...74493984778/unknown.png?width=1079&height=607 )

Reconnected to the WiFi
- No change.

Restarted the Computer
- No change.

Made Sure All Was Up-to-Date (Drivers and OS)
- Was all updated, no change.

Reset the Adapter Under Device Manager
- No change.

Factory Reset the Router
- No change.

Factory Reset the Computer
- This was in attempt to find the issue and from this test I concluded after downloading the HP Event Utility Software, (and possibly other software after) waited for updates and noticed the issue persisted.

Factory Reset the Computer Again
- Spent another 2 hours, downloaded my primary apps and did recoveries every time I downloaded something, seemed like nothing was going wrong and I did not download the HP Event Utility Software, I was happy and I fell asleep again waiting for updates, I awoke to the issue still present and the HP Event Utility Software not being the issue.

During all the times I also defraged and cleaned the drives, the apps I had on the computer were Steam, Discord, OBS Studio, TeamSpeak 3 Client, TeamSpeak Overlay, and Voicemod Pro. Also take not that OneDrive was pre-installed and added during startup of the reset.

So, at this point I figured it was a hardware issue, so I called up HP being only 2 months from when it was purchased and well... I got it back today and the issue continued (they replaced the WLAN? (That's what it said but I think it meant adapter.)) No other devices in the house has this issue only my laptop, also when I plug it into the router with an Ethernet it works fine. I tried everything to get it working trying to optimize through watching videos online doing ping-t 8.8.8.8 test in the command prompt/console to test if the results changed and no, I even completely removed OneDrive believing it to be the issue. The computer sits at the most up-to-date software and OS and I still cannot after three weeks figure out this issue.

However, I did make a breakthrough, in an article (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...g-spikes/0f16392a-6c2b-41e6-ac1c-5db88ace40a6) I did figure out on my own to go into the Administrative Tools > Services and scroll down to WLAN AutoConfig and learned that reseting this service actually temporarily fixes the issue between random intervals of 30 seconds up to 3 minutes then the issue continues with the average being around two minutes.

Can anyone help me?
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If you do a factory reset with nothing else installed, not even updates, do you get the same issue?
If you do a factory reset with nothing else installed, not even updates, do you get the same issue?
I factory reset it, notice the issue wasn't occurring, and while monitoring it downloaded the basic apps I had before the issue occurred, after downloading it, there was still no occurrence of the issue, I went ahead and did the system update once I did and that's when the issue happened after I woke up. Now the possibility of it being the system update is slim, many, and I mean many, have these exact apps that I installed onto their computer at the same time and I had them way before the issue occurred.
What updates occurred? Perhaps the answer is there
I found a solution after 3 weeks: (I was about ready to destroy this PC)

September's Update "kb4515384" is what's causing the issue.

A simple fix is by going to windows privacy settings, go under "Allow Access to Location on this Device," press change, and toggle off the location. I cannot tell you what the exact purpose is, however I spoke directly with customer service, a Mr. Matthew, and he explained a bit of the problem.

What you can do is search up this update in the computer and uninstall it.

Settings:

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Location Services is just like how your phone uses it... like if you are near a McDonalds and you just ordered something from the app, it will use your location to make the order, etc.

PCs doesn't really need it, unless you are using Maps or software that is catering to your location.
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