Every couple of days, lately, this pops up without me doing anything. http://www.msftconnecttest.com/redirect
Any idea why?
Paul wrote on 4/1/24 12:32 AM:
On 3/30/2024 11:29 AM, Oliver wrote:
Every couple of days, lately, this pops up without me doing anything.
http://www.msftconnecttest.com/redirect
Any idea why?
That URL is mentioned here.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/networking/internet-explorer-edge-open-connect-corporate-public-network
"In some cases, such as when you connect to a network that uses a
proxy server to connect to the internet or when network restrictions
prevent NCSI from completing its active probe process, Windows opens
the MSN Portal page in the default browser."
And Microsoft uses the MSN Portal to kill Internet Explorer.
So if Internet Explorer happens to open that page, it
may be damaged (if it hasn't already been removed from the PC).
That Learn page was probably written, before the started
using MSN as a kill switch for IE.
Paul
Not really removed. IE Mode(and the necessary IE files, some but not all
now common to Edge remain)
If IE mode is necessary even though configured as 'Allowed' it may
require the destination URL to be added to the 'IE Mode pages(which by
design is only retained for 30 days, but can be re-added)
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Paul wrote on 4/1/24 12:32 AM:
On 3/30/2024 11:29 AM, Oliver wrote:
Every couple of days, lately, this pops up without me doing anything.
http://www.msftconnecttest.com/redirect
Any idea why?
That URL is mentioned here.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/networking/internet-explorer-edge-open-connect-corporate-public-network
   "In some cases, such as when you connect to a network that uses a >>>     proxy server to connect to the internet or when network
restrictions
    prevent NCSI from completing its active probe process, Windows
opens
    the MSN Portal page in the default browser."
And Microsoft uses the MSN Portal to kill Internet Explorer.
So if Internet Explorer happens to open that page, it
may be damaged (if it hasn't already been removed from the PC).
That Learn page was probably written, before the started
using MSN as a kill switch for IE.
   Paul
Not really removed. IE Mode(and the necessary IE files, some but not
all  now common to Edge remain)
If IE mode is necessary even though configured as 'Allowed' it may
require the destination URL to be added to the 'IE Mode pages(which by
design is only retained for 30 days, but can be re-added)
I've never used any of the Microsoft browsers, so in this situation, the browser that is coming up is my default (non Microsoft) browser.
Thanks for confirming that it's not only something on my system alone
as msftconnecttest.com does internet availability probing for everyone.
 "Microsoft maintains a page on the Web for Windows computers to
connect to in order to test that the internet is working properly."
This says it's mostly showing up for corporate networks or public hotspots. https://www.comparitech.com/net-admin/fix-msftconnecttest-redirect-error/
But it's showing up for me on my own home network using normal Wi-Fi.
I rarely connect to public hotspots (many of which require a separate web browser login step) so I'm not sure why it's coming up for me on my Wi-Fi.
My default browser (which isn't Windows exploder) is what's pulled up to
that URL (http://www.msftconnecttest.com/redirect) every once in a while.
I need to learn more about this "NCSI" program, which I didn't even know existed, but which is apparently watching everything that I do on Windows.
(Network Connectivity Status Indicator) https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-msftconnecttest-redirect-error-on-windows-10/
That site suggests a fix: Disable connection test from the registry HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\EnableActiveProbing
They suggest changing "EnableActiveProbing" from hex 1 to hex 0 which I
just did, but I will have to wait a while to see if that solved the
problem (since the problem only pops up sporadically when I'm at home on Wi-Fi).
I am out of town and this is the third hotel I have had to call the hotel's support company and give my MAC address to get hooked up. Trying to log in firefox opens up to the msftconnecttest page and then redirects me to a detectportal.forefox.com/canonanical.html page and it just sits there.
Anybody know how to beat this issue?
On 4/7/2024 12:34 AM, sticks wrote:
I am out of town and this is the third hotel I have had to call the hotel's >> support company and give my MAC address to get hooked up. Trying to log in >> firefox opens up to the msftconnecttest page and then redirects me to a
detectportal.forefox.com/canonanical.html page and it just sits there.
Anybody know how to beat this issue?
Managed router with MAC filtering ?
Yes, that's what you do. Call up, give them the MAC.
They add the MAC as "valid" to the router.
We had that at work. Plug your home computer into
the work RJ45, nothing happens. No network.
Since the home computer you brought in, has a
MAC that's not stored in the router, it rejects
all your traffic.
That's how the IT department at work, prevented
excitable entry level managers from moving employees
themselves. The IT department used to move people,
and when the computer was in the new location, the
MAC for it was added to the router in that section.
And the MAC would be removed from the router that
controlled the previous location.
If the router was unmanaged, like a home router,
then it might well not have MAC filtering, just
plug in any old thing and it works.
Some places have "free Wifi", so scumbags stand
outside and use it. Adding some kind of filtering,
is a means of ensuring the patrons have access
but not the scumbags. If "everyone knows the password",
that's not going to help if your MAC must be entered too.
Paul
I've checked for updates and there aren't even any hardware drivers to update. Searching for the solution finds people who have the exact issue, and the restart computer, forget the connection, and other similar useless things. There is somethinggoing on in either Win 10 or Firefox that is screwed up, though Edge didn't work either.
On 4/7/2024 12:45 PM, sticks wrote:going on in either Win 10 or Firefox that is screwed up, though Edge didn't work either.
I've checked for updates and there aren't even any hardware drivers to update. Searching for the solution finds people who have the exact issue, and the restart computer, forget the connection, and other similar useless things. There is something
This sounds like a perfectly credible theory :-)
And then you have to postulate, "how am I going to fix this".
On purpose, I have tested the "wait for Microsoft to fix it" idea,
and that has NEVER NEVER NEVER worked. Not once, did waiting
resolve fuck all. The only way this will get fixed, is if you
fix it.
I can give you an example. My Realtek wired NIC, after a boot up,
about 2 minutes in, the link would... just drop. "No more packets
for you Paul." Reboot, get another two minutes. Well, this is not particularly a hardware failure, because it is perfectly functional
for two minutes. Then it stops.
The driver had not changed in at least two years. That
wasn't it. Changing drivers did not help. Reinstalling the
same driver version did not help.
I wasn't in a mood to piss around, so I bought a plugin
Intel NIC, and here we are. "Fixed". I do not know
at the moment, whether the Realtek was ever fixed or not.
I don't think I was able to positively correlate that to
Patch Tuesday. Evidence trail... lacking.
I think I even ran an offline MSSS scan. Nope.
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