"Register this connection's addresses in DNS" becomes uncheck after reboots

Question

I have several Windows server 2016 systems that after each reboot the checkbox for IPv4 settings "Register this connection's addresses in DNS" becomes unchecked.

If I don't remember to recheck that checkbox after a reboot then the server's dns entry ages out and is not resolvable.

I've set the registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DisableDynamicUpdate
to 0
hoping that would prevent that option from becoming unchecked but it doesn't have any effect after rebooting.

Has anyone seen this behavior or other suggestions to resolve?

Answer 1

Sounds like there may be some overriding policy.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Q&A platform.

Kindly check if DSPatrick's suggestion was helpful.

If the issue still existed, please locate to the following registry key for the specific network adapter:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\

Please set the value of Flags to 2 and RegisteredSinceBoot to 1 to see if the issue can be resolved.

Best Regards,
Sunny

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