Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Administrator

Solved: Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Administrator.

By Jeff  | 184 words 2013-07-07 02:36

Problem:

Logged in to computer with domain account has administrator privileges, and wanted to share my computer’s wifi to my mobile phone. When open the network sharing dialog, the dialog says:

Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Administrator.

Cause:

This computer has joined a domain, some group policies were executed on it.

Solution:

1. Press Win + R, type “gpedit.msc” and hit Enter.

2. On the Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/Network Connections.

3. Disable the following settings:

• Prohibit installation and configuration of Network Bridge on your DNS domain network
• Prohibit use of Internet Connection Firewall on your DNS domain network
• Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network
• Require domain users to elevate when setting a network’s location

4. Press Win + R, type “regedit” and hit Enter.

5. On the Registry Editor, navigate toComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections.

6. Change the following entries’ values to 1:

• NC_PersonalFirewallConfig
• NC_ShowSharedAccessUI

7. Done! Revisit the sharing dialog of the Internet Connections, the options are able to be modified now.