Policy

Turn off IDN encoding

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

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ClassComputer
CategoryNetwork > DNS Client
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Specifies whether the DNS client should convert internationalized domain names (IDNs) to Punycode when the DNS client is on non-domain networks with no WINS servers configured. If this policy setting is enabled, IDNs are not converted to Punycode. If this policy setting is disabled, or if this policy setting is not configured, IDNs are converted to Punycode when the DNS client is on non-domain networks with no WINS servers configured.

Internal name
DNS_IdnEncoding
Policy ID
c436f8a78b3b
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient\DisableIdnEncodingREG_DWORD
1
0

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