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So in Linux you need to manually run some commands or write config files to connect to the network. Before these steps you can use the system perfectly fine without a connection. Is something like this possible on Windows 10? Currently, even if I haven't login yet I see a bunch of packets running somewhere. That is: is it possible to use Windows offline without disabling a network adapter or intentionally misconfiguring your connection?

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  • Please explain what you mean by "connection". Linux and Windows can work offline just fine, so your question is not very clear. Or do you mean that you want to disable automatic wifi connection? – harrymc Mar 09 '23 at 14:51
  • @harrymc automatic Ethernet connection. There is a button to disable Wi-Fi completely. – cppbest Mar 09 '23 at 14:58

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To disable the Ethernet, you need to disable the Ethernet network adapter.

That is done in Control Panel > Network Connections, by right-click on the adapter and selecting "Disable".

Undoing is by similarly selecting "Enable".

For disabling automatically on shutdown, use the following references to create a shutdown event handler which will run a batch script to disable the network adapter:

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  • Agree, but the problem is that I need to do that before every shutdown of the working session in which I've enabled the adapter. Is it possible to somehow make the adapter disabled by default, so even if I have enabled it, it will be disabled automatically on shutdown, so on the next startup there will be no connection again? Basically I want the same behaviour as in Linux: no connection by default, unless I manually turned it on. – cppbest Mar 09 '23 at 15:25
  • I added this to my answer. – harrymc Mar 09 '23 at 15:44
  • On my Windows 10 machine its Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > left-click on "Ethernet" link (right-clicking does nothing) > click on "Disable" button at bottom. – kreemoweet Mar 09 '23 at 16:50