Windows 10 says I have no internet connection, but I have.

Anonymous
2020-05-21T19:20:56+00:00

I am running on Windows 10 Enterprise, Version 2004, OS Build 19041.264.

I recently changed to the Windows Insider Program and updated Windows. In the taskbar, the Wi-Fi icon shows No Internet Access, but I have a stable internet connection wirelessly (Ex: I can browse the internet, ping IP Addresses, etc.). Another problem is when I try to open Cortana it also says that I have no internet connection (By the way, I can also open Microsoft's website).

As I know Windows checks internet connectivity with this URL: http://msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt. But this gives Error 404, File Not Found. Maybe it is because of this?

If you know the problem or an answer, please help. Thanks!

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Anonymous
2020-06-18T19:27:38+00:00

Hello, use Registry Editor, go to: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet

and modify: EnableActiveProbing

then change "Value data" from "0" to "1"

and restart your computer

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Anonymous
2021-06-07T17:45:06+00:00

The proper one is

"HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator\” -Name UseGlobalDNS -PropertyType DWORD -Value 1 -Force

But the more appropriate way to do this is not through registry directly, but through group policy config:

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-11T20:31:48+00:00

    So, I have an awful fix/work around, and it's involved and your situation might not be the same as mine.

    1.  Make sure Hyper-V and containerization is enabled (I suspect this is where the root of the problem is at in the MS code)

    2.  Check your adapter options and make sure a vEthernet adapter is there

    3.  On one of your physical connections, disable everything involving ipv6.  For me, I have it stripped down to the following adapter properties:

     - Client for MS Networks

     - File and Printer Sharing for MS Networks

     - QoS Packet Scheduler

     - Reliable Multicast Protocol

     - TCP/IPv4

     - Microsoft LLDP Protocol Driver

     - Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder

     - Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver

    4.  When you boot up, it will still show as no-internet.  Go to adapter options and disable the vEthernet, then after a few seconds you'll have connectivity

    You have to do step 4 every time you restart your machine.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-09T15:37:46+00:00

    I don't really use it that much but i also have been using Spotify in the browser, the problem is that there are a lot of other apps that also don't work and i'm not a software developer but this issue is just beyond stupid to not have been fixed for 8 months, from a company the size as Microsoft.

    If you go to Network & internet and sort by replies this is the second non fixed issue in the list after Microsoft Edge Freezing? which is locked so it doesn't really count.

    The real problem is for people that rely on Windows to work and there are issues like this that make some software "temporary" useless, for example for me in a banking website i wanna do certain actions and it just doesn't work, the "loading" circle(on the site itself) just goes on for ever and i can't even log out of it, i also tried to do the same actions in 3 different browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Edge all with the same exact problems. I also done those same actions in Windows sandbox and they work perfectly fine, in my phone as well.

    Now, we are the ones with time to waste and reply in here, now image how many people out there have this problem and don't even know the cause of it or don't have time to waste and their work is just crippled.

    Funny thing i also logged in here for the first time with a Github account and after 1 reply my account got "locked", i had to put my phone number just to make this reply. Scummy practices like this just make me wanna switch to Linux, i just hope more(all) software developers start to take Linux into consideration like they do for Windows when creating software.

    If any Microsoft developer actually reads this topic i have never had this issue before Win10 2004 update.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-09T05:09:23+00:00

    I've found a solution at least to my Spotify issues.  The Spotify app in W10 won't work cos of this ongoing icon issue, which has effectively locked me out of using my Spotify subscription on this machine, as when you load it, it moans there is no internet cos of the icon issue.  To get around that, I am now just using the web-based Spotify player, which works perfectly - even with the globe icon there all the time.

    So, if you use Spotify, uninstall the W10 app and just use the web-based player.  You can find that from the Spotify website.  For the last few months, I have been effectively locked out of my Spotify account, as it would never connect cos of the globe icon issue, so I was paying money to Spotify while not being able to access it.  The web-based player fixes that issue, so at least I have my music back again.

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