Network connection shows as “unauthenticated”

Q: My windows 10 computer has some network problem and the network connection shows as “unauthenticated”. How do you fix this problem?

chicagotech.net: Some suttestions:

  1. Run these commands on each computer with the problem: 1) netsh winsock reset catalog; 2) netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log; 3) netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log 4) Restart the PC then rejoin the computer to the domain.

2. One possible reason for this issue is when the machine account password gets out of sync with the domain controller. This can happen, for example, if the computer account in Active Directory is manually removed and re-added. What worked for me was to reset the machine account password by executing Reset-ComputerMachinePassword in an elevated(!) PowerShell: PS> Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Credential MYDOMAIN\SomeDomainAdminAccount After rebooting, the (unauthenticated) note should be gone.

3. Run these commands Open ‘command prompt’ by searching it in the Windows search bar. Try the following command one by one and restart the system. Basically these commands – renew the IP address, reset Winsock, Flush DNS cache, and reset TCP/IP. •ipconfig /release •ipconfig /renew •netsh winsock reset •netsh int ip reset •ipconfig /flushdns •ipconfig /registerdns •netsh int tcp set heuristics disabled •netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled •netsh int tcp set global rss=enabled •netsh int tcp show global.

4. Check DHCP and DNS for any problems.

5. We have the similar case. The problem is the machine was restored from system point. We must disjoin from domain and re-join the computer to the domain. That fixes the problem.

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Bob Lin

Bob Lin, Chicagotech-MVP, MCSE & CNE Data recovery, Windows OS Recovery, Networking, and Computer Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Install and Configure Windows, VMware, Virtualization and Cisco on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

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