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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Anonymous

2021-03-08T17:40:21+00:00
Let me clarify further....

EnableActiveProbing is the absolute FIRST thing that must be configured correctly (set to 1).

Without this set NCSI will not even ATTEMPT an active probe.....and of course this should NEVER be set to 0.

But even after that is verified, active probe attempts can fail for any and more of the reasons I've stated above, but let me repeat for convenience:
- Split tunnel VPNs misconfigured to force the NCSI probe to the corporate network instead of out to the internet
- Misconfigured DNS servers or DNS clients resulting in not correctly resolving msftconnecttest.com or dns.msftncsi.com.
- Misconfigured proxies
- Firewall blocks
- Misrouted probes to get to the enterprise edge router
- Third party software that intercepts DNS queries on the loopback interface (which we have a GPO to get around).
- And many other things.
For example, further up in the thread I've helped resolve multiple individual's scenarios.

One was for a misconfigured/misbehaving third-party VPN client.

Another was for not having the Global DNS GPO enabled (fixes the loopback problem stated above).
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Anonymous

2021-03-08T17:28:01+00:00

I think you missed the 10s, if not more, response where this does not work:
EnableActiveProbing, value = 1.
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Anonymous

2021-03-08T16:09:57+00:00
Wrong again --- why is microsoft pinging it's own site to -determine network connectivity- is beyond dumb, it is dishonest.

* if you are locking down your systems to ONLY connect to certain sites, then the micro soft of internet connectivity will fail miserably.

Rather than say "you are not connected to the internet, which by the length of this thread you know is a lie, why don't you -say- what part of the connectivity test is a lie. Or give the user the option to say "I really am connected to the internet, you are are?" (because how you check is flawed city).

As others have mentioned:
- it fails when you don't have Automatically detect DNS Server enabled. Why should microsoft care. If they can connect to something , they can. If they can't, they can't. Why is the OS determining, by DNS probes and Web Probes to itself, if it is connecting to the internet. And that the fix is to use google should tell you something.
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