EnableICS

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista

EnableICS specifies whether Internet-connection sharing is enabled.

This setting has no effect on Server Core installations of Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012.

Values

true

Enables Internet-connection sharing.

false

Disables Internet-connection sharing. This is the default value.

Valid Passes

generalize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-SharedAccess | EnableICS

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-SharedAccess.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set Shared Access.

<EnableICS>true</EnableICS>
<InternalIsBridge>true</InternalIsBridge>
<ExternalAdapter>MyExternalAdapter</ExternalAdapter>

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft-Windows-SharedAccess
Microsoft-Windows-NetworkBridge