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I can access intranet and internet but W10 tells me I'm not connected to a network??

Windows 10 also tells me that my current network profile is 'guest or public'!?

a. what has caused this?
b. how can I activate the 'domain' option again?

Thanks!
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Hi

There is a hotfix available for this issue please download.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2524478/the-network-location-profile-changes-from-domain-to-public-in-windows

Are you connected to wireless network as well as a cable connected network ?
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I'm connected via cable. Gonna try your fix!
Your fix is for Windows 7 though? I'm on Windows 10 ..
The problem is exactly as described on that hotfix page though!
Apologies missed the OS bit ;)
What has changed ? Was it working ok.
Are you using a fixed IP address or are you using DHCP ?
Add your domain name to the dns suffix option under your tcpip advanced adapter settings/properties.

Disable and re-enable your LAN adapter
I'm using DHCP. And I can access both the Internet and our local network (using the server names, NOT by browsing!).

What changed is that I had installed VirtualBox (which did something to the network connections/cards) and later uninstalled it again. Problems seem to have started there, but not sure ... on the other hand, other Windows 10 users here seem to experience the same problem, so maybe not related to VirtualBox after all ... could be McAfee maybe? Have to check in with a superior ...
Domain name had already been added ...
Yes what you need to focus on is what has changed, any changes in DNS?
Disable Mcafee and restart to see if that fixes your issues.

Can you share your ipconfig /all ?
Is your default gateway correct ?
The only time I have seen this (Connected but Icon says No) is the antirust installed. Uninstall your antivirus temporarily and test. Please let us know.
Zaheer: the ipconfig/ all output is fine, dns suffix is shown correctly
John: what do you mean with antirust? I'll try to uninstall mcAfee then in order to test it ...
I meant antivirus  (typo).  Let us know after you remove McAfee whether anything changed.
McKnife: I see only 3 options in my GP Editor under 'network list manager policies' (the domain name is missing) .. I guess that's part of the problem?
Yes. Try without McAfee and please let us know
"McKnife: I see only 3 options in my GP Editor" - your editor cannot show you the 4th option if it does not determine that it's connected to a domain. The GPO is not there to fix that. I linked the article to give you an overview about the components that play a role.
Normally (own experience), this will only happen if the 1st and 2nd DNS server (the DCs) are not reachable or if the 1st and 2nd DNS entries are set to something different than your DCs' IP addresses. You can check that. You said "ipconfig /all... dns suffix is ok" - that does not matter here, what about the DNS IPs?
McKnife: DNS IPs are ok too, I can ping both and names do resolve
John: I've uninstalled McAfee, same problem ... W10 tells me I'm not connected to any networks. Yet I can access my local network (but not browse it) and also the Internet ... It really seems to be this problem but there's no hotfix for W10? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2524478/the-network-location-profile-changes-from-domain-to-public-in-windows
And so the main problem is indeed that my PC is connected to (my local network) as 'guest or public network' instead of 'domain network' ... and I seem unable to change that :/
I have sometimes corrected this buggy behavior by simply changing the IP.
Example: client IP was 192.168.0.100, changed it to 192.168.0.101 - bingo, works at once, domain connection detected in a few seconds.
Ok, so I have hit that 'network reset' button in the settings and now everything works again fine!
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you suggested other users also have the same issue ?
Thanks for sharing. Yes, virtual box can ruin network settings. But honestly, sometimes you don't do anything else but reboot and this problem is seen. As I told you, I simply change the IP and then (now for the "big" step) change it back to what it was and it works. Any windows component has its bugs from time to time.
Zaheer: yes, it seems so. will check with them again. I'll try the 'reset now' button there too.

McKnife: yes, might have been VirtualBox in my case. it started acting weird once I uninstalled it.
because it's the actual solution