The network location has now been changed to what you selected in step 3. The post on Jan 28, 2015 by BennyPootron led me to the solution. They had replaced routers, switches, all sort of things. Changing the network connection type to Private cured the issue without having to change any firewall rules. Choosing a network location Windows 7 More The first time that you connect to a network, you must choose a network location. It will list the name and properties of your active network connection.
Network discovery, which allows you to see other computers and devices on a network and allows other network users to see your computer, is on by default, but you can't create or join a homegroup. Your email address: By opting-in you agree to have us send you our newsletter. When finished, you can now close Registry Editor if you like. If you are using a backend connection to cross-connect two servers, you may want the network connection to show as a private connection and have different firewall rules than with your public connection. As you can see, the problem interface has index 3 and the network category is Public. Typing Get-NetConnectionProfile again shows us we now have a Private network and remote desktop is working again.
We can then use the following command to change the connections network location type Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex -NetworkCategory For Example: Set-NetConnectionProfule -InterfaceIndex 12 -NetworkCategory Private 3. Already have that in place. As a result I needed to configure this manually. The type of network is specified in the Category value. Leave this field empty if you're human:. In Server 2012, Administrators can no longer change the network profile in Network and Sharing Center, they can view just not change.
Public: 0, Private: 1, Domain: 2. During the installation of Windows 7, or the first time that you connect to a network, you must choose a network location. In the Network Properties window, Navigate to the Network Location Tab 6. This article will describe how to manually change the network profile of Windows Server 2012 from Public to Private for non-domain joined servers. This is why remote desktop is not working. Aiden Cao TechNet Community Support Hi, How are things going? To change your Network Location there are a few extra steps. When I re-booted, I was able to change my network from Public to Private and it walked me through the process of joining an existing Home Group established by another computer in our household.
If prompted by , then click on Yes. This will then prompt you for a change. Designed to keep your computer from being visible to other computers around you and to help protect your computer from any malicious software from the Internet. Not the answer you're looking for? In Windows Server 2012 this link is no longer highlighted. Right click or double click Network in the center window 5.
Reboot would not always fix. There should be a manual way to change the profile. Finally checking back in the Network and Sharing Center, the network profile should now display the options chosen in the previous steps. Sometimes you may need to sign out and in of your user account to apply the new network location. If you are cross connecting two servers or using a private internal network to connect your servers you will want to have the network identified as private. Open the network properties and go to the Network Location tab, then change the network type to Private and save the changes. The other thing we see is a NetworkCategory of Public.
It also applies to Windows 2012. This location is designed to keep your computer from being visible to other computers around you and to help protect your computer from any malicious software from the Internet. You can find the necessary network profile in the Network and Sharing Center by its name listed in the ProfileName registry key. Started turning on each firewall profile. This allows you to see computers and devices, while making your computer discoverable. Hyper-V shuts down servers, with plenty of time to spare.
Use this network type if you trust the network you are connecting to. When I connect to the internet via dial-up, my computer says I'm part of a network and it wants me to choose between Public Network and Home Network. So I am logged on a well working domain controller the first in the network. Oh, thank you so much. Value data can be 0 for Public network, 1 for Private network and 2 for Domain network.