NC_AdvancedSettings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 1

Description

Determines whether the Advanced Settings item on the Advanced menu in Network and Dial-up Connections is enabled. The Advanced Settings item lets users view and change bindings and view and change the order in which the computer accesses connections, network providers, and print providers.

This entry stores the setting of the Enable the Advanced Settings item on the Advanced menu Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy, Group Policy sets the value to 0. If you set the policy to Not configured, Group Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system behaves as though the value is 1.

Value Meaning
0 The policy is disabled. The Advanced Settings item is disabled.
1 (or not in registry) The policy is enabled or not configured.The Advanced Settings item is enabled.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Enable the Advanced Settings item on the Advanced menu policy (User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Network and Dial-up Connections).

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For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.

For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.