Windows Server - Network State change fired multiple instances

Question

Greetings,

We have a Windows 2022 server running in VSphere that is constantly at 100% CPU. Task manager shows that it is the Network List Service. The NetworkProfile event log show loads of entries saying Network Connectivity Level Changed = True. Device manager shows only one Ethernet connection which is the standard VMXNET 3 NIC. We have quite a number of Windows server 2022 VMs with the same network card that dont seem to have this problem.
Any ideas how to fix this please?

Thanks
David Z

Answer 1

Found the answer - Set the reg value to zero and it worked:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server-for-it-pro/windows-server-2022-networkprofile-4004-events-high-cpu/m-p/3268339

Answer 2

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet”
set EnableActiveProbing to zero.
then restart.