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Article Summary: This article provides information about disabling IPV6 on a Windows computer

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Issue:

Partial / improper disabling of IPV6 on a Windows Server System (e.g., unchecking the
IPV6 protocol from the NIC properties box) can lead to unstable and unpredictable
system behavior.

Solution:

Disable IPV6 system settings by editing the system registry.

Steps:

1. Open Registry with "Regedit"

i. Windows Server 2008 R2 and earlier- At the desktop Start menu, select Run,
and type 'regedit.exe'.

ii. Windows Server 2012 and later- Press the Windows key + Q, and type 'regedit'
in the 'search' box. Click on the registry editor (regedit) icon when displayed.

2. Navigate to the following registry hive:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters

3. Create a DWORD (32-bit) value and name it as "Disabled Components" and then
click OK.

4. Double click "Disabled Components" and type 0xffffffff (hexadecimal value) or
4294967295 (Decimal value).

Additional Information:

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