it's this little fucker in the tray spying on you because microsoft thinks normies are too stupid to understand when their internet is not working
if it's not "Online" spotify will think you're in offline mode. someone made a patch for this as well btw (based as fuck): https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Forced-offline-mode-if-Windows-Network-Connectivity-Status/td-p/5296710
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet\EnableActiveProbing should be 1
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator\NoActiveProbe should not exist or be 0
- gpedit \ Administrative templates \ system \ internet communication management \ restrict internet communication -> Not configured
- gpedit \ Administrative templates \ system \ internet communication management \ internet communication settings \ turn off windows network connectivity status indicator active tests -> Not configured
- gpedit \ Administrative templates \ network \ network connectivity status indicator \ * -> leave as default
- gpedit \ Administrative templates \ network \ network connectivity status indicator \ use global dns -> Enable if your DNS server is reachable via a different interface, e.g. vpn or localhost
- review the keys in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet to make sure they aren't fucked with
ncpa.cpl -> ethernet -> right click -> disable. Then re-enable
Or just unplug and replug your ethernet / wifi
This is a good tool to see if the remote servers are working. You can also use it to switch to firefox/debian servers for privacy reasons if you wish. https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker
