Tag: Computer Configuration

This policy setting prevents computers from connecting to both a domain based network and a non-domain based network at the same time. If this policy setting is enabled the computer responds to automatic and manual network connection attempts based on the following circumstances: Automatic connection attempts – When the computer is already connected to a domain based network all automatic connection attempts to non-domain networks are blocked. – When the computer is already connected to a non-domain based network automatic connection attempts to domain based networks are blocked. Manual connection attempts – When the computer is already connected to either a non-domain based network or a domain based network over media other than Ethernet and a user attempts to create a manual connection to an additional network in violation of this policy setting the existing network connection is disconnected and the manual connection is allowed. – When the computer is already connected to either a non-domain based network or a domain based network over Ethernet and a user attempts to create a manual connection to an additional network in violation of this policy setting the existing Ethernet connection is maintained and the manual connection attempt is blocked. If this policy setting is not configured or is disabled computers are allowed to connect simultaneously to both domain and non-domain networks.

This policy setting prevents computers from establishing multiple simultaneous connections to either the Internet or to a Windows domain. By default when this policy setting value is Not Configured it is enabled. If this policy setting is enabled when the computer has at least one active connection to the Internet a new automatic connection attempt to the Internet is blocked. When the computer has at least one active connection to a Windows domain a new automatic connection to the same Windows domain is also blocked. Additional manual connection attempts by users to the Internet or to a Windows domain are not blocked by this policy setting. In circumstances where there are multiple simultaneous connections to either the Internet or to a Windows domain Windows disconnects the less preferred connection when the amount of network traffic over the less preferred connection drops below a certain threshold. For example when a computer is connected to Internet using a Wi-Fi connection and the user plugs in to an Ethernet network network traffic is routed through the faster Ethernet connection and the Wi-Fi traffic diminishes. Windows detects this circumstance and responds by disconnecting the Wi-Fi connection. If this policy setting is disabled multiple simultaneous connections to the Internet to a Windows domain or to both are allowed. If this policy setting value is Not Configured the default policy setting is enabled. This is different than enabling the policy setting with Group Policy however – when the policy setting is Not Configured the policy setting is configurable on the local computer. When the policy setting is applied with Group Policy it is not configurable locally. With the policy setting value of Not Configured new automatic connection attempts are not made and less preferred connections are disconnected.

This policy setting prevents clients from connecting to Mobile Broadband networks when the client is registered on a roaming provider network. If this policy setting is enabled all automatic and manual connection attempts to roaming provider networks are blocked until the client registers with the home provider network. If this policy setting is not configured or is disabled clients are allowed to connect to roaming provider Mobile Broadband networks.

This policy setting specifies that power management is disabled when the machine enters connected standby mode. If this policy setting is enabled Windows Connection Manager does not manage adapter radios to reduce power consumption when the machine enters connected standby mode. If this policy setting is not configured or is disabled power management is enabled when the machine enters connected standby mode.