How to prevent Vista "Set Network Location" dialog followi..

I did some research and found the following ways to disable the dialog
from popping up:
· on a per user basis
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Network
\NwCategoryWizard\Show
This value must be set to 0 to disable the wizard
· At the system level
Create a new Registry key:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\NewNetworkWindowOff
(The key contains no value!)

HTH,

Ray


On 7 aug, 18:34, Whitney Kew <wm....DeleteThis@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have some code that creates a new RAS phonebook entry for each connection
> that we want to establish before calling RasDial() to connect using that
> entry. Unfortunately in Vista, the "Set Network Location" dialog pops up
> every time a RAS connection is established. We need a programmatic way of
> preventing this dialog from appearing. Is there a way to do this?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Whitney Kew
> Senior Software Engineer

Hello Ray,

Thank you *very* much for this information; it was very helpful, and it
works great!!
--
Whitney Kew
Senior Software Engineer


"xpworld@gmail.com" wrote:

> I did some research and found the following ways to disable the dialog
> from popping up:
> 7 on a per user basis
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Network
> \NwCategoryWizard\Show
> This value must be set to 0 to disable the wizard
> 7 At the system level
> Create a new Registry key:
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\NewNetworkWindowOff
> (The key contains no value!)
>
> HTH,
>
> Ray
>
>
> On 7 aug, 18:34, Whitney Kew <wm... RemoveThis @newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We have some code that creates a new RAS phonebook entry for each connection
> > that we want to establish before calling RasDial() to connect using that
> > entry. Unfortunately in Vista, the "Set Network Location" dialog pops up
> > every time a RAS connection is established. We need a programmatic way of
> > preventing this dialog from appearing. Is there a way to do this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Whitney Kew
> > Senior Software Engineer
>
>
>

"Whitney Kew" wrote:

> Hello Ray,
>
> Thank you *very* much for this information; it was very helpful, and it
> works great!!
> --
> Whitney Kew
> Senior Software Engineer
>
>
> "xpworld@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> > I did some research and found the following ways to disable the dialog
> > from popping up:
> > 7 on a per user basis
> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Network
> > \NwCategoryWizard\Show
> > This value must be set to 0 to disable the wizard
> > 7 At the system level
> > Create a new Registry key:
> > HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\NewNetworkWindowOff
> > (The key contains no value!)
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
> > On 7 aug, 18:34, Whitney Kew <wm....TakeThisOut@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > We have some code that creates a new RAS phonebook entry for each connection
> > > that we want to establish before calling RasDial() to connect using that
> > > entry. Unfortunately in Vista, the "Set Network Location" dialog pops up
> > > every time a RAS connection is established. We need a programmatic way of
> > > preventing this dialog from appearing. Is there a way to do this?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > --
> > > Whitney Kew
> > > Senior Software Engineer
> >
> > Hi,

What does "7 on a per user basis" and "7 At the system level" mean?

Thanks,

> >

They're actually little bullets that apparently don't always show up
properly; it should read:

- on a per user basis (i.e., HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
...
- At the system level (i.e., HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
...
--
Whitney Kew
Senior Software Engineer


"Gabs" wrote:

>
>
> "Whitney Kew" wrote:
>
> > Hello Ray,
> >
> > Thank you *very* much for this information; it was very helpful, and it
> > works great!!
> > --
> > Whitney Kew
> > Senior Software Engineer
> >
> >
> > "xpworld@gmail.com" wrote:
> >
> > > I did some research and found the following ways to disable the dialog
> > > from popping up:
> > > 7 on a per user basis
> > > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Network
> > > \NwCategoryWizard\Show
> > > This value must be set to 0 to disable the wizard
> > > 7 At the system level
> > > Create a new Registry key:
> > > HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\NewNetworkWindowOff
> > > (The key contains no value!)
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7 aug, 18:34, Whitney Kew <wm....RemoveThis@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > We have some code that creates a new RAS phonebook entry for each connection
> > > > that we want to establish before calling RasDial() to connect using that
> > > > entry. Unfortunately in Vista, the "Set Network Location" dialog pops up
> > > > every time a RAS connection is established. We need a programmatic way of
> > > > preventing this dialog from appearing. Is there a way to do this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > --
> > > > Whitney Kew
> > > > Senior Software Engineer
> > >
> > > Hi,
>
> What does "7 on a per user basis" and "7 At the system level" mean?
>
> Thanks,
>
> > >

Thanks. I thought I have to do it in 7 different registry keys...

I actually did it as per the instructions and it works just fine. The only
thing is that the Networking and Sharing Centre keeps creating new network
locations every time I connect. I’m now for the xxx 125 network location. I
have a USB modem with mobile internet connection so I suppose that every time
I connect it creates a new IP address. Therefore Vista doesn’t recognise the
old network location so it creates a new one. Unless I’m able to get a fixed
IP address from my ISP, which I doubt it, I’ll have to live with this I
suppose. A minor annoyance compared to the issue this chain resolved.

Thanks again,

GG