PowerEdge: Windows Fire Wall Reset to Public After a Reboot

Summary: The Windows Firewall profile is set to 'Public' instead of 'DomainAuthenticated' (that is domain.com) upon rebooting a server.

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Symptoms

Clients are unable to access the server until the Windows Firewall profile is manually set to 'DomainAuthenticated' using Set-NetConnectionProfile or the Windows Firewall is turned off entirely. 

Network Connections list Network X under the name of the network interface card (NIC) instead of domain.com.

Cause

The Network Location Awareness service is started before the Active Directory domain is available.

Resolution

For domain controller, set the Network Location Awareness service to Delayed Start and add a dependency for the Domain Name System (DNS) service.

Note: To run the below commands using PowerShell, you must use the Start-Process cmdlet.

Run the following from CMD as Administrator: 
sc config NlaSvc start= delayed-auto 
sc config NlaSvc depend= DNS

For Member Servers, set the Network Location Awareness service to Delayed Start (do not modify its dependencies).

Run the following from CMD as Administrator:

sc config NlaSvc start= delayed-auto
Example: 
Start-Process sc.exe -ArgumentList "config NlaSvc start= delayed-auto"
Start-Process sc.exe -ArgumentList "sc config NlaSvc depend= DNS" #DC Only

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2022, Microsoft Windows 2012 Server, Microsoft Windows 2012 Server R2, PowerEdge R440, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R570 , PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R6625, PowerEdge R670, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R770, PowerEdge R7715, PowerEdge R7725, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge R960, PowerEdge T340, PowerEdge T350, PowerEdge T360, PowerEdge T440, PowerEdge T550, PowerEdge T560, PowerEdge T640 ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000207835
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 12 Jun 2025
Version:  4
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