Disabling IPv6 on Windows 2012

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When you Install Windows 2012 Server Edition,It is automatically enable IPv6 protocol.

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As a good practice it is better to disable IPv6.For that please follow the steps given below here.

Step 1 :- Please untick Internet Protocol version 6  

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Step 2 :- Open run  window and type regedit this will give an window called registry editor.

Step 3 :-Go to location
           Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP6\Parameters

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Step 4 :-Right click on window go to New -->String Value    

Value Name :-DisabledComponents

Value data    :-0xFFFFFFF

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