Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Admin...

[yanniclord]

So i try to share my Wireless connection on Windows 7. When i go to Advanced Tab, it says "Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Administrator". So i cant enable it. Help please. Here a screen shot (its in norwegian):

 

[diplo]

Probably a group policy setting. Is your computer joined to a domain or is this your personal computer?

 

[yanniclord]

Probably a group policy setting. Is your computer joined to a domain or is this your personal computer?

its a joined domain. though, i have admin rights. can you help me resolve it?

edit: i managed to find to activate it in gpedit.msc (group policy), but its still deactivated.

 

[Shadowjk]

Did you force an update? A policy applied on the server side will not immediately be pushed to the client in order to reduce load. In a command prompt please type the following and then restart the machine to see if your issue is resolved:

gpupdate /force

Hope This Helps,
Josh

 

[chev65]

Probably a group policy setting. Is your computer joined to a domain or is this your personal computer?

its a joined domain. though, i have admin rights. can you help me resolve it?

edit: i managed to find to activate it in gpedit.msc (group policy), but its still deactivated.

Here is what I find on this.

Check if Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network is enabled, located in Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections.

If you enable this policy setting, ICS cannot be enabled or configured by administrators, and the ICS service cannot run on the computer. In the Advanced tab in the Properties dialog box for a local area network (LAN) or remote access connection, under Internet Connection Sharing, it says “Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Administrator.”

 

[yanniclord]

Probably a group policy setting. Is your computer joined to a domain or is this your personal computer?

its a joined domain. though, i have admin rights. can you help me resolve it?

edit: i managed to find to activate it in gpedit.msc (group policy), but its still deactivated.

Here is what I find on this.

Check if Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network is enabled, located in Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections.

If you enable this policy setting, ICS cannot be enabled or configured by administrators, and the ICS service cannot run on the computer. In the Advanced tab in the Properties dialog box for a local area network (LAN) or remote access connection, under Internet Connection Sharing, it says “Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Administrator.”

well that is what i did in first place. found it at once. i disabled it to enabled the sharing. not working. also doing gpupdate /force didnt work. still same.

 

[chev65]

I'm sure that ICS has been enabled in services.msc etc. Which Windows server is this domain located on.

 

[yanniclord]

I'm sure that ICS has been enabled in services.msc etc. Which Windows server is this domain located on.

thanks. i found it in services. i will try rebooting to check if it works.

i checked automatic turn on. then started all depending services. then the start button showed up. when trying to press start, it says, that it had been started and disabled, because its not needed by any process?

 

[chev65]

I'm sure that ICS has been enabled in services.msc etc. Which Windows server is this domain located on.

thanks. i found it in services. i will try rebooting to check if it works.

i checked automatic turn on. then started all depending services. then the start button showed up. when trying to press start, it says, that it had been started and disabled, because its not needed by any process?

Can you confirm is Network Discovery is staying on?

It's located at the Network and Sharing Center>Advanced Sharing Settings.

I believe we have found the cause of the problem with the ICS service not staying on, but something is keeping it from staying on apparently.

 

[yanniclord]

I'm sure that ICS has been enabled in services.msc etc. Which Windows server is this domain located on.

thanks. i found it in services. i will try rebooting to check if it works.

i checked automatic turn on. then started all depending services. then the start button showed up. when trying to press start, it says, that it had been started and disabled, because its not needed by any process?

Can you confirm is Network Discovery is staying on?

It's located at the Network and Sharing Center>Advanced Sharing Settings.

I believe we have found the cause of the problem with the ICS service not staying on, but something is keeping it from staying on apparently.

Ok i will check it out. I update if i know more.

 

[yanniclord]

nope. still not working. cant find it in network and sharing center/advanced sharing settings.

edit: found it. its on. but i still cant activate the sharing. any suggestions?

 

[chev65]

nope. still not working. cant find it in network and sharing center/advanced sharing settings.

edit: found it. its on. but i still cant activate the sharing. any suggestions?

The second post in the following thread shows some steps you can take that is supposed to fix this problem with ICS service not starting up. The problem is most likely caused from the firewall requiring repair or the base filtering engine is corrupted.

"Windows could not start the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Service..."

Quoted from the link above...

To repair the firewall first, and then the ICS. Based on your screenshot, the firewall error code is 0x80070424. Here are two articles that may help you.

Error Code 0x80070424 with Windows Firewall and "Base Filtering Engine Service" Not available in services database list
http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2011/12/27/error-code-0x80070424-with-windows-firewall-and-quot-base-filtering-engine-service-quot-not-available-in-services-database-list.aspx

Error 0x80070424 occurs when you use Windows Update, Microsoft Update, or Windows Firewall
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968002

 

[yanniclord]

nope. still not working. cant find it in network and sharing center/advanced sharing settings.

edit: found it. its on. but i still cant activate the sharing. any suggestions?

The second post in the following thread shows some steps you can take that is supposed to fix this problem with ICS service not starting up. The problem is most likely caused from the firewall requiring repair or the base filtering engine is corrupted.

"Windows could not start the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Service..."

Quoted from the link above...

To repair the firewall first, and then the ICS. Based on your screenshot, the firewall error code is 0x80070424. Here are two articles that may help you.

Error Code 0x80070424 with Windows Firewall and "Base Filtering Engine Service" Not available in services database list
http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2011/12/27/error-code-0x80070424-with-windows-firewall-and-quot-base-filtering-engine-service-quot-not-available-in-services-database-list.aspx

Error 0x80070424 occurs when you use Windows Update, Microsoft Update, or Windows Firewall
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968002

ok thx i try it.

 

[guido4096]

To enable this again:
open regedit and navigate to the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections

Set the "NC_ShowSharedAccessUI" to 1

Of course, this only works if you have admin priviliges.

 

[yanniclord]

thank you guido, i will try that, and since its in the registry, it will surely work. thank you