tailscale / tailscale/tailscale

Tailscale backend error:TUN: Error creating interface: The device is not ready for use.

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bug L1 Very few OS-windows P3 Can't get started T6 Major usability
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Description

### What is the issue?

When I finished installing Tailscale, it didn't respond, and when I right-clicked Tailscale, it only showed two options (`about` and `exit`), and the icon was all grey. After about 30 seconds, this error message pops up:
```
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Tailscale Error
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Tailscale backend error:TUN: Error creating interface: The device is not ready for use.

logid: 6018067bbe6406b025e3419e353220f674e13d9e02e63b1fad6eceee6132aaf6
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确定
---------------------------
```

### Steps to reproduce

1. download the new version package.
2. install Tailscale.
3. icon is gray for about 30s.
4. error pops up.

### Are there any recent changes that introduced the issue?

_No response_

### OS

Windows

### OS version

win11

### Tailscale version

_No response_

### Bug report

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