How to Control Your Network Connections (Registry Tweak Instructions)
For registry tweak “Control Your Network Connections,” here’s what you need to do. Before I go into specific registry edits you’ll make, here’s an overview of how to tweak your registry.
- Backup your system — all the important junk — before editing your registry. Disclaimer: if you eff up your registry, you can ruin your whole computer. And as much as I like taking credit for things, if that happens, it’s on you. Sorry, I don’t want to end up on Judge Judy.
- Done with the backup? Great. Go ahead and open up your registry with the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.exe). With the Registry Editor you can see and edit data within the your PC’s registry. The best way to launch the Registry Editor is to click the “Start” menu button, select “Run,” and type “regedit” in the “Open” box.
- On the left-hand side of the Registry Editor you’ll see a tree of folders, and on the right side you’ll see the contents – or the “values” – of the folder you’ve selected.
- Like with Internet Explorer, when you want to open up a branch of your registry’s folder tree and see its structure, just double-click the folder or click the plus sign (+) once. Want to see the contents of a key/folder? Click the key and the values’ll list in the right-hand side of the window.
- To add a value or key, right-click the “Edit” menu, and pick “New.” To rename almost any key or value, just right-click the registry key and select “Rename,” or click the registry key twice. You can delete a registry key or value by selecting it and pressing “Delete.”
Got it? Below are the particulars you need for the registry tweak “Control Your Network Connections”.
Open your registry and find user key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ Network Connections] .
All the network restrictions are listed and described below — you can thank me later. If you want to enable any of these network restrictions, create the registry value’s DWORD value (e.g., NC_AddRemoveComponents) and set it to “0“. You can always delete these DWORD values later, if you want to disable the network restriction.
- NC_AddRemoveComponents restricts adding/removing components in your network
- NC_AllowAdvancedTCPIPConfig restricts modifying TCPIPs’ advanced configuration
- NC_AdvancedSettings restricts modifying your Advanced Settings
- NC_ChangeBindState restricts modifying the bindings of protocols and services
- NC_DeleteConnection blocks deleting RAS connections
- NC_DeleteAllUserConnection blocks deleting public RAS connections
- NC_DialupPrefs blocks modifying your dial-up preferences
- NC_EnableAdminProhibits allows administrators access to Windows 2000
network connections - NC_LanConnect blocks disconnecting/connecting to a LAN
- NC_LanChangeProperties blocks accessing a LAN connection’s component properties
- NC_LanProperties blocks accessing a LAN connection’s properties
- NC_NewConnectionWizard turns off the Network Connection wizard
- NC_RasAllUserProperties blocks accessing a public RAS connection’s properties
- NC_RasConnect blocks disconnecting/connecting to a RAS
- NC_RasChangeProperties blocks accessing a RAS connection’s properties
- NC_RasMyProperties blocks access to the properties of a private RAS connection
- NC_RenameMyRasConnection disallows renaming private RAS connections
- NC_RenameConnection disallows renaming connections
- NC_RenameAllUserRasConnection disallows renaming public RAS connections
- NC_RenameLanConnection disallows renaming LAN connections
- NC_Statistics blocks access to an active connection’s status statistics
Got it? Your PC should be more secure now that you’re controlling network connections.
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