Disabling ipv6 windows vista

By default, the 6to4 tunneling protocol is enabled in Windows Vista, Windows Server or later versions when an interface is assigned a public IPv4 address that is, an IPv4 address that is not in the ranges If this behavior is not desired, we recommend that you disable IPv6 tunnel interfaces on the affected hosts.

Note Replace the value with the corresponding value in the previous table. Windows use bitmasks to check the DisabledComponents values and determine whether a component should be disabled. For each bit, 0 means false and 1 means true.

Refer to the following table for an example. See How to use Portqry to troubleshoot Active Directory connectivity issues. Example 2: Exchange Server , you might run into problems where Exchange will stop working.

Microsoft Message Analyzer. Microsoft Network Monitor 3. Instead, use "Message Analyzer. You must restart your computer after you run the automatic fix. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The Internet Protocol version 6 IPv6 has been around for over 10 years now. However, IPv4 is used much more often. Vista was the first Windows version to even have IPv6 preinstalled.

You can uncheck the protocol on the network connection properties dialog, but to disable it completely and for more control you must do a registry edit:. Also tells Vista to use IPv4 by default. Running that program will disable IPv6. It is available from Microsoft. The folks at Microsoft move stuff around on their web site more than Walmart moves store items.

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