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Is there a way to permanently stop Windows 11 changing network profile settings after updates. The amount of times I have had to fix clients scanning issues because password protected sharing has been turned back on or the network profile has been changed to public is annoying. Is there a way to permanently set the network profile settings so that when an update is done it doesn't break connections to printers or local shares.
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Agreed. Why is my private personal home network, keep changing back to public, and changing the settings? I know if actually cared any more, might participate. I look at it this way, 30 f-ing years of buggy ****, unreliable as hell, Micrsoft. Enough of this BS. 30 years since win95, no excuse anymore.
This absolutely DOES NOT "permanently' change the network profile to "Private." This is an utterly worthless answer. This is the kind of answers that make us hate Microsoft's support. It is the easy, non-answer, that looks like an answer so your boss is happy, but absolutely ignores the actual problem.
Exactly. I never got any single issue fixed from MS tech support answers. I always get it working from the stack overflow or some other forums. Interestingly , the search engines always bring this piece of s**t in the top for any windows related questions.
Hello,
To permanently stop Windows 11 from changing network profile settings after updates, you can follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app by pressing Windows key + I.
- Go to the "Network & internet" section.
- Click on "Advanced network settings".
- Under the "Network profile" section, click on the network profile you want to change (e.g., Private or Public).
- Toggle off the option that says "Set as metered connection".
- Repeat the above steps for all the network profiles you want to configure.
- By setting the network profiles as non-metered connections, Windows 11 will not change the network profile settings after updates.
Regards,
Zunhui
This does not help. My system is never metered, I know I check it every single time. I share files between my desktop and my laptop and every so often Windows changes it to from a private network to a public network and I have no idea until I try to sync my files. It seems every so often during an update that Windows changes it to a public network and it is not, this is my home private network, It gets irritating to have to change this back all the time.
Hello,
To permanently stop Windows 11 from changing network profile settings after updates, you can follow these steps:
Regards,
Zunhui
