Provides network address translation, addressing, name resolution and/or intrusion prevention services for a home or small office network.
This service also exists in Windows 11, 8, Vista and XP.
Windows 10 version | Home | Pro | Education | Enterprise |
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1507 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1511 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1607 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1703 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1709 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1803 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1809 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1903 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
1909 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
2004 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
20H2 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
21H1 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
21H2 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
22H2 | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
Display name: | Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) |
Service name: | SharedAccess |
Type: | share |
Path: | %WinDir%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p |
File: | %WinDir%\System32\ipnathlp.dll |
Error control: | normal |
Object: | LocalSystem |
Privileges: |
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The Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service is running as LocalSystem in a shared process of svchost.exe. Other services might run in the same process. If Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) fails to start, the error is logged. Windows 10 startup proceeds, but a message box is displayed informing you that the SharedAccess service has failed to start.
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is unable to start, if at least one of the following services is stopped or disabled:
1. Select your Windows 10 edition and release, and then click on the Download button below.
2. Save the RestoreInternetConnectionSharingICSWindows10.bat file to any folder on your hard drive.
3. Right-click the downloaded batch file and select Run as administrator.
4. Restart the computer to save changes.
Note. Make sure that the ipnathlp.dll
file exists in the %WinDir%\System32
folder. If this file is missing you can try to restore it from your Windows 10 installation media.