Windows 7 Network Awareness

[EvilRick]

Windows 7 Network Awareness: How Windows knows it has an internet connection - Super User Blog

If you have Windows 7 Home you can manually add the registry key to keep it from polling Microsoft.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator

Create a 32-bit DWORD "NoActiveProbe" and set it to "1"

This can be done using 'gpedit.msc' in Pro/Bus/Ult versions of Windows 7 or just create the key.

And here's the spreadsheets of all the Group Policy Settings and their registry values.

EDIT - Forgot the link to the spreadsheets.

[Whir]

Whoah, it's EvilRick!

[EvilRick]

I haven't been able to find anything good to contribute!

[bigBonehead]

Thanks....

[Dude111]

This is a GOOD STEP but i wonder if MS will block this somehow once they realise ppl are doing this...

[RicheemxX]

This is a GOOD STEP but i wonder if MS will block this somehow once they realise ppl are doing this...

And why would they do that?

[Dude111]

Cause they want full control over Win7 Rich..

They blocked the reg edit people could do with IE7 to put the UI @ the top back the way it was in IE6 and before...... (IE8,9 and 10 you cant do it i dont think,your forced to have it like they want it (Which is BS))

[ShyguyXPC]

simple answer to that... DON'T USE IE then.

[GroundZero3]

Cause they want full control over Win7 Rich..

They blocked the reg edit people could do with IE7 to put the UI @ the top back the way it was in IE6 and before...... (IE8,9 and 10 you cant do it i dont think,your forced to have it like they want it (Which is BS))

What in the world are you talking about?

[EvilRick]

I think he may be talking about 'focus'.

You used to be able to block applications from stealing the focus from what you were working on. Since IE7, that isn't possible anymore. I hate it.

They even have a setting where you can adjust focus with TweakUI but it hasn't worked since IE7. :\