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KB5029263 broke windows firewall on Windows 11
Hello, I'm experiencing the following issue with the latest Windows 11 security update (KB5029263) When I arrive at the office, I connect via an RJ45 cable and an ethernet card. The ethernet...
RiverWalker78 hi, the public fix will be in October (last week) for Win11 22H2 and November (2nd week ) for Win11 21H2
The team here has been dealing with this for several weeks now. I've actually seen it happen without being connected to both wifi and ethernet. We are on day 3 of adjusting this reg key and so far, we haven't seen the issue come back.
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\
Change EnableActiveProbing = 1 to EnableActiveProbing = 0
This stopped the constant probing that seemed to be happening for no reason within the NetworkProfile Event Viewer log. Prior to changing this reg key it would check several times per hour and eventually it would switch from a domain firewall profile to a guest firewall profile.
- Thank you for this tip, but this does not solve the problem of the wrong type of firewall connection
