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How to Disable IPv6 through Group Policy
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How to Disable IPv6 through Group Policy
[Update by Yong Rhee[MSFT] as of 180227] Our Windows Product Group does not test anything with IPv6 disabled. Instead of completely disabling IPv6, since Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and their corresponding Server OS'es prefer IPv6, instead, if you are really itching to disable IPv6, set the policy/registry, to Prefer IPv4 over IPv6. Thanks, Yong Rhee.
In order to truly disable IPv6, you must disable it in the registry in the following
KB929852
article:
How to disable IP version 6 (IPv6) or its specific components in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008 R2, and in Windows Server 2008
But, you can use
Jeff Guillet's (Exchange MVP)
ADMX and ADML files.
Download File:
IPv6Configuration.zip
This ZIP file contains both the ADMX and ADML files:
IPv6Configuration.admx
- Copy this file to
%SYSTEMROOT%\PolicyDefinitions
IPv6Configuration.adml
- Copy this file to
%SYSTEMROOT&\PolicyDefinitions\
en-US
(Replace
en-US
with your country's language, as necessary)
Now use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to configure the IPv6 settings.
For example, right click on
Default Domain Policy
and click
Edit
.
The new policy will be located under
Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Network > IPv6 Configuration.
Read
Explain
tab.
Here, you can configure the following IPv6 settings:
Enable all IPv6 components (Windows default)
Disable all IPv6 components
(the setting you probably want)
Disable 6to4
Disable ISATAP
Disable Teredo
Disable Teredo and 6to4
Disable all tunnel interfaces
Disable all LAN and PPP interfaces
Disable all LAN, PPP and tunnel interfaces
Prefer IPv4 over IPv6
Testing with Domain Controller 2008 and Windows 7 Client.
Edit
Default Domain Policy
, go to
Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Network > IPv6 Configuration
, Open
IPv6 Configuration Policy
and set on
Disable all IPv6 components
and click
OK
.
Run
GPUPDATE /FORCE
.
Now, run
IPCONFIG /ALL
on Windows 7 before Restarting.
Now,
Restart
Windows 7 and run
IPCONFIG /All
again.
Additional Info:
Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\
DisabledComponents
(32-bit DWORD value)
Configuration combination DisabledComponents value
Disable all tunnel interfaces 0x01
Disable 6to4 0x02
Disable ISATAP 0x04
Disable Teredo 0x08
Disable all LAN and PPP interfaces 0x10
Disable all LAN, PPP, and tunnel interfaces 0x11
Prefer IPv4 over IPv6 0x20
Disable Teredo and 6to4 0xA
Disable IPv6 over all interfaces and prefer IPv4 to IPv6 0xFF
Important:
Before
disable IPv6 on Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 or SBS 2008 and ..., please read this article:
Should I Disable IPv6? No... (Ace Fekay - MVP)