- In Registry Editor, navigate to the location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles
- When you find the correct ProfileName for your network name, double click/tap on the Category DWORD value in the same right pane to modify it.
- Type in a new Data value number for the network location you want, and click/tap on OK.
- You can choose these type of locations in the category-field
Network Location |
Data Value |
Public | 0 |
Private | 1 |
Domain | 2 |
If above not works on Windows 2008/2012 server, do the following:
Add your domain name to the dns suffix option under your tcpip advanced adapter settings/properties.
Disable and re-enable your LAN adapter