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not sure what i am missing here..
every website suggests creating this reg key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents
as DWORD and setting its value to 0xFFFFFFFF
i've done this, but when i reboot, my NIC adapter still shows IPV6 enabled.
since i have 64bit version, i also tried setting this value as QWORD. what am i missing here?
Sonic Soul
Posted 2010-12-04T22:21:58.513
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Just because it's turned off in registry doesn't mean your check box on NIC will dissapear. It just means it's disabled. Just to be sure I usually do it in both places (in registry and NIC properties). For Windows 7 however doing it on NIC properties should be enough, but for Exchange 2010 (as a side note) it brings Windows Server to knees.
Couple of ways to disable IPv6 completely (just for answer completeness):
reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 255 and then reboot.Some helpful links:
MadBoy
Posted 2010-12-04T22:21:58.513
Reputation: 2 751
ok, how can i verify my registry change worked? and should i be using DWORD in 64bit windows? – Sonic Soul – 2010-12-04T22:33:00.953
1Running this from prompt should do it:
reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 255but it's exactly as you already did it. You could verify it withipconfig /allincmdwindow. – MadBoy – 2010-12-04T22:37:12.390ipconfig -all doesn't say anything about ipv6.. also should be using DWORD (32bit) value in 64bit windows? or QWORD ? – Sonic Soul – 2010-12-04T22:40:31.260
http://windows7themes.net/disable-ipv6-windows-7.html here's a good link to get you thru. When i did ipconfig /all on my machine it shows:
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4c50:ae33:88df:5fae%12,IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.29– MadBoy – 2010-12-04T22:44:05.940Try the Microsoft "Fixit" utility...you need to reboot after you make the registry change...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852
– Moab – 2010-12-05T03:37:27.2371See the "applies to" section of that MS link I posted, DWORD 32bit applies to 64bit versions also. – Moab – 2010-12-05T03:42:16.983