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Microsoftgreyhodge Unlikely. There is too much reliance on Internet detection for it to be disabled. Adding the option to make it always connected would likely cause more issues than it would fix.
The last two articles in the post are good guides for netadmins to configure their environment for the NCSI active probe. We have also made significant improvements, especially in Windows 11, to make the NCSI active probe far more robust. Especially in environments with Internet proxies, the most common cause of active probe failures.