Policy

Require domain users to elevate when setting a network's location

This policy setting determines whether to require domain users to elevate when setting a network's location. If you enable this policy setting, domain users must elevate when setting a network's location. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, domain users can set a network's location without elevating.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryNetwork / Network Connections
Policy ID5f474fb88583
Internal nameNC_StdDomainUserSetLocation

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections\NC_StdDomainUserSetLocation (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections\NC_StdDomainUserSetLocation (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting determines whether to require domain users to elevate when setting a network's location. If you enable this policy setting, domain users must elevate when setting a network's location. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, domain users can set a network's location without elevating.

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