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How does Windows know when your Internet connection (but not your LAN connection) goes down?
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Mar 15, 20261404 viewsConfidence Score0%
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The Windows 7 network icon down in the system tray (sorry, taskbar notification area) shows your connectivity status - but more than just whether the connection is on or off, it also apparently can tell if your Internet connection is down. Case in point: my Internet connection went down, and the ic…
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Fix for: How does Windows know when your Internet connection (but not your LAN connection) goes down?
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This behavior is activated by setting the DWORD value in to the value , and respectively to disable it. On certain events like login or connection problems it checks DNS with and verifies that it returns , then to test your HTTP it tries to download…
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