USB Wi-Fi adapter RTL8188EU works after install, but not after initial update

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I just installed Xubuntu 24.04 LTS on an HP Laptop. After the install I rebooted, then connected to Wi-Fi for the first time and was presented two choices, my USB adapter (RTL8188EU) as well as the internal PCI adapter. I always use the USB adapter due to it being faster and having better range. I connected to it and it worked perfectly. I then opened up the terminal and began to update the system. After updating, I rebooted the laptop and my USB adapter is no longer displayed as a connection option, only the internal PCI.
I then used my Xubuntu live USB to check it as I did before installing, and it does present me the two options while using the Live system.

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If you boot with the USB device dethatched and log in, then attach the device, is it different?
If not, then can you please run:
sudo lshw -C network; dmesg | tail; lsusb
and give the full output.
Thanks

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The USB adapter does connect when I plug it in. After reboots it does not.

Here is the output you requested:

*-network                 
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlo1
       version: 01
       serial: 70:18:8b:76:d0:2e
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8188ee driverversion=6.11.0-28-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:37 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0200000-f0203fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eno1
       version: 07
       serial: a0:48:1c:1e:56:6a
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.11.0-28-generic firmware=rtl8106e-1_0.0.1 06/29/12 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:17 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff memory:f0010000-f001ffff
dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:571c Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HP Truevision HD
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 05dc:a81d Lexar Media, Inc. LJDTT16G [JumpDrive 16GB]
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub