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When I connect my laptop to a free/public Wi-Fi hotspot (FreeWifi, Orange...), Windows 10 opens automatically my default Web browser and goes if possible to the ISP captive portal. So each time I connect to the Wi-Fi SSID my browser is opened.
Quite good for a normal usage, but not for web browser testing!
How can I disable the action that opens the browser each time I connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot ?
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To better assist you, please follow the steps on how to turn off mobile hotspot on your Windows 10 device: Open Settings, click Network & Internet icon. Click / tap on Mobile Hotspot on the left side, and turn off Share your Internet connection with other devices.
Right-click the Wi-Fi icon in the Windows notification area and select Disable (or Turn off) from the pop-up menu. If no Disable option is available in the pop-up menu, there may be an option called Open Network and Sharing Center. If so, select this option and then select Change adapter settings.
Phones that have the auto-join function enabled are configured in a way that, if a person manually connects to a network for the first time, the device will connect to this network automatically every time it is in range.
Use Settings Click Start, then head to Settings >Network & Internet. From the left pane menu, select Wi-Fi. Click on the Wi-Fi connection you are currently using. Turn off the toggle below Connect automatically when in range.
One solution I found is to modify directly a Windows regitry :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\EnableActiveProbing
And to do it from a Batch script, I purpose this :
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet" /v EnableActiveProbing /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
(More help with REG ADD /h)
It works fine on Windows 10 with admin rights. Hope it will help some people.
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By changing EnableActiveProbing to 0 actually leading wifi adapter to show not connected but by changing ActiveWebProbeHost www.msftncsi.com To www.google.com fixed auto opening browser when we enable wifi and not showing any error.
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I'll suggest the following short solution for the noobie.
Disable:
Save following text to a disable.reg file, and then double-click on it. That will modify the registry accordingly:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Use this if delaying startup of NlaSvc does not work
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet]
"EnableActiveProbing"=dword:00000000
Enable:
Save following text to a enable.reg file, and then double-click on it. That will modify the registry accordingly:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Use this if delaying startup of NlaSvc does not work
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet]
"EnableActiveProbing"=dword:00000001
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