I have run into this a few times now and the auto fix and manual fix do not work. Our company wifi does not allow "public" connections. It sees the network, but will not get DHCP info, and assigns APIPA. All machines are laptops, Lenovos, and are domain registered that have had this issue, the auto fix even says it cannot change the network mode, but does not say why. We do not force any GPO enties for wifi or network settings in general. I have also have ruled out any external addon forewall issues. Is there a different procedure for domain registered machines? Or is there a registry location to turn off that darn, "dont ask me about the network location" option?

1. Start with what the company WiFi allows for. Give us more information unless you are working in to secret facility. DHCP address is assigned in "preconnection" phase. Inspect this setting more carefully (802.1x, use network monitor to have special data on the "packet exchanes") 2. What support do you use for WiFi? For Lenovo specific WiFi management address the Lenovo support forum 3. The difference may be in firewall settings too (different profiles). Regards Milos

Hi , I would like to confirm if you have tried these: Windows 7 Network connections are stuck in Public mode The network location profile changes from "Domain" to "Public" in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Please check the following group policy if the network location is forced as public: 1.Go to start>Search>secpol.msc 2.Network List Manager Policies>All Networks, Network List Manager Policies>Unidentified Networks, Network List Manager Policies>Identifying Networks 3.Double Click All Networks >Select Network Location to User can change location, Double Click Unidentified Networks and Identifying Networks. And check the Location Type if it is forced as public. Also, the network location description is stored in the following registry value: Before modify the registry keys, please take a backup of the key. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, please click the following link to view the article: Back up the registry http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Back-up-the-registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles\{<Network GUID>} Please boot in safe mode, delete all Profiles and Signatures keys under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList]. Except for the one with Description is your domain name and reboot in normal mode. Hope this helps.Tracy Cai TechNet Community Support

Hi , I would like to confirm if you have tried these: Windows 7 Network connections are stuck in Public mode The network location profile changes from "Domain" to "Public" in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 Please check the following group policy if the network location is forced as public: 1.Go to start>Search>secpol.msc 2.Network List Manager Policies>All Networks, Network List Manager Policies>Unidentified Networks, Network List Manager Policies>Identifying Networks 3.Double Click All Networks >Select Network Location to User can change location, Double Click Unidentified Networks and Identifying Networks. And check the Location Type if it is forced as public. Also, the network location description is stored in the following registry value: Before modify the registry keys, please take a backup of the key. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, please click the following link to view the article: Back up the registry http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Back-up-the-registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles\{<Network GUID>} Please boot in safe mode, delete all Profiles and Signatures keys under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList]. Except for the one with Description is your domain name and reboot in normal mode. Hope this helps.Tracy Cai TechNet Community Support