Policy

Turn off Internet Connection Wizard if URL connection is referring to Microsoft.com

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategorySystem > Internet Communication Management > Internet Communication settings
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting specifies whether the Internet Connection Wizard can connect to Microsoft to download a list of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). If you enable this policy setting, the "Choose a list of Internet Service Providers" path in the Internet Connection Wizard causes the wizard to exit. This prevents users from retrieving the list of ISPs, which resides on Microsoft servers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can connect to Microsoft to download a list of ISPs for their area.

Internal name
NC_ExitOnISP
Policy ID
dcc4fdfd74d4
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Internet Connection Wizard\ExitOnMSICWREG_DWORD
1
0

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