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

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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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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

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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2021-01-05T23:47:07+00:00

Nope, ping is not a worthy test.

NCSI responds positively by sending an HTTP GET to msftconnecttest.com and receiving back an OK response with "Microsoft Connect Test" That has to happen.

This method is used because if something is in the way like a proxy server that blocks internet access the true state is represented. Ping could theoretically still return ok but a proxy that blocks HTTP would be representatively wrong.

Albeit, your case may not be a proxy server in the way, but something else. Hotspot, web optimizer, something at your ISP....who knows?

Packet capture for further troubleshooting.
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Anonymous

2021-01-05T23:35:11+00:00

I did a full reboot yesterday, and icon gone, and could ping MS server(13.107.4.52) just fine. Today, globe icon is back, and I can still ping the MS server, so therefore, any MS dll or whatever controls the globe icon thing, should be able to talk to the MS server just fine, and therefore, establish that there is internet - but it does not.

Not sure if ping is a test worthy of anything at this point, but the fact that you CAN ping the MS server at the heart of this even with the globe icon showing and saying you have no internet, suggests there is no problem talking to the MS server, and that the reason you are seeing the globe icon is nothing to do with actual internet access issues at all, and rather the app or dll or whatever it is running on the local machine, does not think there is access when there is.

I mean, it very clearly is NOT an issue with internet access anyway, cos even with the globe icon, everyone on the thread has reported that the internet access is working regardless(thank God), so I dunno....... :(

My ping test completed with 100% success, so both the outgoing 32-byte ping packet was sent, and crucially, the MS server responded to the ping, so the packet is coming back from the MS server.
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Anonymous

2021-01-04T23:44:17+00:00

My only solution as to uninstall all of the Windows Updates from December on both my laptops. Now my internet works fine again. Ridiculous that this hasn't been solved.

Thanks I’ll try that. I did go back to i Dec 24 and restored it from that point. Nothing.

I just mirrored my ipad to my tv. I’ll look at when i calm down. Like maybe a hundred years from now. 🙄🤷 Thanks
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