Windows 10 Version 2004 Internet Access

Fixed my problem. Might fix yours: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet DWORD EnableActiveProbing was set to 0, change it to 1. Fixed it.

Hi - This issue appears to be related to the Internet connectivity tests the the windows 10 client runs as it's booting up.   It looks for an a response to http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt  for IPv4 connectivity, and similar response to http://ipv6.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt  for IPv6 connectivity.  You can browse to these URLs to see what the response looks like. Sadly, it looks like since IPv6 is not fully implemented everywhere yet, that if that part of the test fails, it marks the connection as having no Internet access.

Without messing about with registry settings or IPv6 settings on your workstation a simple workaround is to fool the PC that the v6 test worked.   Since the FQDN for www and ipv6 URLs only resolve IPv4 and IPv6 addresses respectively, if you do an NSLOOKUP of www.msftconnecttest.com and note down the IPv4 address that you get returned, then open your HOSTS file (usually found in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ ) and add the following entry:

<ipv4 address from a lookup of www.msftconnecttest.com>     ipv6.msftconnecttest.com   

Then save that, and check it worked by "PING  ipv6.msftconnecttest.com <Enter> "  you should see it try to ping the IPv4 address.  (Don't worry if no reply to ping - you are just checking the name resolution - so DON'T use nslookup, as that skips checking the HOSTS file)

Now reboot and see if problem is solved.

NB This worked for us since it appears that at least microsoft are not restricting IPv4 traffic hitting the website for www.msftconnecttest.com , but wanting the url http://ipv6.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt    

Give it a try!

NB - I take no responsibility for any side effects (eg PC thinking it really does have IPv6 connectivity when maybe it doesn't).   AND if you are on a corporate LAN - there are other issues - ie this test is not proxy aware, so you may need to allow direct Internet access through your firewall to the IPv4 target address on http only....

Decided to revert back to previous version of Windows 10 because installed apps no longer working. All working ok after reversion.

I recently upgraded from 1903 to 2004 and am having the same issue.

I didn't have the 'Internet' key or the 'EnableActiveProbing' DWORD. I put them in anyway but it didn't resolve the issue so I removed them.

My wireless internet works fine but Windows is reporting that my internet isn't available. My wireless internet was correctly being identified just fine in 1903.

When I go to Troubleshoot it's telling me that I need to be connected to the internet to see recommendations. I already tried to reset my adapter settings and was able to reconnect to the same wireless but Windows STILL doesn't recognize that the internet is available. I've already tried other basic diagnostics steps to no avail. I really don't want to roll back just because of this.

I'm using an HP 14 dq1039wn. It's got the 2x2 Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Adapter. All drivers are up to date according to Microsoft Update. I've got no AV on this system (Windows Defender is disabled).

This really sucks. Do you all remember when Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be the last version? They promised that they'll have much better QC for updates and upgrades since they won't have to continue to work on multiple Windows versions. What a bunch or horse$#!7

Edit - This is becoming a bigger issue. Since Windows doesn't 'detect' my internet connectivity, even though my internet is working fine, all the other Microsoft apps are drinking the 'no internet' Kool-aid as well. I can't save to OneDrive from within Microsoft apps and Microsoft Outlook isn't working. :(

Edit 2 - I've fixed the issue on my system. It appears that after the 2004 update this key in my registry was completely empty -

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet

Once I replaced the standard values that were there prior to upgrading it started working. Below is the reg key info in standard text, for anyone who's interested. Note that I take no responsibility for the plague, sunburns, stubbing your toe, or this reg key import somehow messing up your system - use at your own risk!

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet]

"ActiveDnsProbeContent"="131.107.255.255"

"ActiveDnsProbeContentV6"="fd3e:4f5a:5b81::1"

"ActiveDnsProbeHost"="dns.msftncsi.com"

"ActiveDnsProbeHostV6"="dns.msftncsi.com"

"ActiveWebProbeContent"="Microsoft Connect Test"

"ActiveWebProbeContentV6"="Microsoft Connect Test"

"ActiveWebProbeHost"="www.msftconnecttest.com"

"ActiveWebProbeHostV6"="ipv6.msftconnecttest.com"

"ActiveWebProbePath"="connecttest.txt"

"ActiveWebProbePathV6"="connecttest.txt"

"EnableActiveProbing"=dword:00000000

"PassivePollPeriod"=dword:0000000f

"StaleThreshold"=dword:0000001e

"WebTimeout"=dword:00000023

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\ManualProxies]

Try

delete registry 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator]

@=""

"NoActiveProbe"=dword:00000001

Edit Registry

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet]

"EnableActiveProbing"=dword:00000000

Restart your computer