ARCHIVED: Disable IPv6 tunneling over IPv4 in Windows 7

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In Windows 7, to disable IPv6 tunneling over IPv4:

  1. From the Start menu, in the Start Search box, enter regedit, and then in the Programs list, click regedit.
  2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\
  3. Double-click DisabledComponents to modify the DisabledComponents entry. If the DisabledComponents entry is unavailable, you must create it:
    1. In the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
    2. Enter DisabledComponents, and then press Enter.
    3. Double-click DisabledComponents.
  4. Type any one of the following values to configure the IPv6 protocol, and then click OK:
    Value Action
    0
    Enables all IPv6 components (0 is the default setting)
    0xffffffff
    Disables all IPv6 components, except the IPv6 loopback interface
    0x20
    Makes Windows use IPv4 instead of IPv6 in prefix policies
    0x10
    Disables native IPv6 interfaces
    0x01
    Disables all tunnel IPv6 interfaces
    0x11
    Disables all IPv6 interfaces except for the IPv6 loopback interface

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Last modified on 2020-01-14 05:03:44.