Red Squirrel
Bronze Level Poster
Yep, unfortunately, sometimes, windows update installs the wrong ethernet host controller for your motherboard. This one is straight from ASUS, latest driver for your board so atleast we know once that's installed that's one inconsistency stomped out. If it still doesnt autoconnect, im pretty sure there's something incorrectly auto-configured in your ethernet adapter settings > properties.
How do I access the ethernet adapter settings I can post a screenshot