How does windows determine "no internet access"?

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I've seen this several times (mainly in VMs): although the machine is connected to the local network the OS (at the moment I am talking about Win 8.1 as guest in Virtualbox) notifies me:

Network: No internet access

I just want to know how Windows draws that conclusion.

guntbert

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When it can't talk to a specific Microsoft site. – Daniel R Hicks – 2014-03-13T21:07:49.910

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This article of SuperUser blog talks to the details how Windows does it.

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1I was just posting that.... :) – Mike Naylor – 2014-03-13T21:08:18.450

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