How to fix Windows 11 saying i'm not connected to the internet but apps and browsers connect and work?

Anonymous
2023-11-01T03:51:56+00:00

Windows 11 update is not working saying "We couldn't connect to the update service. We'll try again later, or you can check now. If it still doesn't work, make sure you're connected to the Internet." (I checked and the windows update service is running), I tried the windows troubleshooter for network and internet and it says "Looks like you aren't connected to the internet." but all apps and browsers connect to internet fine. Today I tried a repair install of the new 23H2 update from the ISO and no luck with that, the troubleshooter and windows update still say no connection to internet. What now?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Internet and connectivity

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-07T11:45:18+00:00

    TLDR:

    Edit the registry entry:

    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\ActiveWebProbeHost

    to www.msftncsi.com

    Explanation:

    After some investigation, I found the following

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/ncsi/ncsi-overview

    The event log shows the probe (that updates the indicator) is failing, the reason given (in the above guide) is:

    "... HTTP response 200 is received but doesn’t have the text file connecttest.txt in the response payload, "

    I confirmed (using postman) that I do indeed get a 200 response but the payload is diverted to a bosch site.

    Has this probe site been hacked?

    Anyway, by changing the probe URL as above I fixed this problem

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-07T10:03:01+00:00

    Same problem here on Win11 - using both laptop network adaptor, docking station and wifi

    Tried all the solutions so far, no joy - nothing more than temporary respite

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-29T12:17:58+00:00

    Technically any wifi extender do not apply any protocol as it repeat just signals emitted and received by your main routeur ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-29T12:16:22+00:00

    Win Defender VPN ?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T22:30:04+00:00

    I had the same issue because of the new wifi extender I got. My windows would connect to the extender and work fine but if I connected to the original router through wifi or through LAN I would get this error. Hope this makes sense. Surely this might not be the solution but worth a try if anyone using extender

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