Let Windows keep me connected (wwan)
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Monday, October 29, 2018 6:20 PM
In 1803 patched up, I see the behavior, that using sim card /4g / wwan connectivity stays always connected, even if I disable autoconnect with registry/policy. If I click Disconnect, it stays disconnected for 2 secs, and then reconnects again. I'm using this registry hive to disable the autoconnect behavior, but it only grays out the checkbox, while connections stays always connected.
In this screen, I ping google, disconnect and let it be.. the connection resumes asap.
MCSE Mobility 2018. Expert on SCCM, Windows 10 and MBAM.
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 6:13 PM ✅Answered
I think I got it. The problem was, that the key I used only did hide the option but didn't do anything on a network level. I solved this to ensuring that the desired value is placed on all these locations;
cmd /c REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WwanSvc\GroupPolicy" /v "DisableWwanAutoconnect" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
cmd /c REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WwanSvc\GroupPolicy" /v "DisableWwanAutoconnect" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
cmd /c REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WcmSvc\GroupPolicy" /v "DisableWwanAutoconnect" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
cmd /c REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WcmSvc\GroupPolicy" /v "DisableWwanAutoconnect" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
With this, the autoconnect is unticked and gray, and the wwan does not re-connect anymore manually. These commands are run in the Task Sequence.
MCSE Mobility 2018. Expert on SCCM, Windows 10 and MBAM.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 7:09 AM
Hello yannara,
Thank you for your question.
Since the registry doesn't work, you may restore them.
If your PC will automatically connect to the cellular data network when it’s available, you can adjust it to manual connection. Clear the check box of "Let Windows manage this connection".
The following article has some information about this issue, you can refer to the link below for detailed information: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/10739/windows-10-cellular-settings
Best Regards,
Leon
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018 10:26 AM
Clear the check box of "Let Windows manage this connection".
Like I wrote before, this doesn't matter. Tested this with policy and without it.
MCSE Mobility 2018. Expert on SCCM, Windows 10 and MBAM.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 1:20 AM
Hi yannara,
I found another post related to this issue. You can try the methods provided by others in this post.
Link to the post: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-wwan-mobile-connection-how-to-disable/66f9e93a-3fdb-470f-bd49-c2813bef8567?auth=1&page=1
Best Regards,
Leon
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 1:54 PM
Already saw that, I made up the reg key from that thread, but otherwise it's not helpful.
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 1:11 PM
Hi yannara,
I suggest you use process monitor, uncheck this option to get the corresponding registry key. See if you don't change the right registry key.
"In 1803 patched up" Does this mean that you have installed the patch? If it does, how about rolling back to the previous version?
Best Regards,
Leon
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Friday, November 2, 2018 1:10 AM
Hi yannara,
I am glad to hear that your issue was successfully resolved. If there is anything else we can do for you, please feel free to post in the forum.
Best Regards,
Leon
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Thursday, December 20, 2018 6:56 PM
Hi
Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm.
I am trying to set the roaming option to "roam" by default.
I saw this group policy
, but when I enable it the roaming option is set to don't roam by default and I need it to be Roam by default.
Any chance that you solved this as well?