#Loopback for windows windows 10#
It looks like recent builds of Windows 10 (1803 and later?) also require this configuration setting in order to authenticate locally. In Audacity, choose the Windows WASAPI audio host, and then choose an appropriate loopback device, such as Speakers (loopback) or Headphones (loopback). Or more easily you can use Powershell: New-ItemProperty HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa -Name "DisableLoopbackCheck" -Value "1" -PropertyType dword The feature also functions in Windows 7, 8, and 10, and helps make up for the lack of a Stereo Mix option on modern Windows PCs. Then sent the value to 1 to disable the loopback check (local authentication works), or to 0 (local authentication is not allowed). HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Loopback and eight of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. The best Windows alternative is VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, which is free. Type in ping followed by the loopback address.
#Loopback for windows how to#
The IPv6 loopback address is ::1 How to use the ping Command: To use the ping command go to the windows start menu. To perform this configuration manually find this key in the registry on the server: Loopback is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. IPv4 and IPv6 Loopback Addresses: The IPv4 loopback address is 127.0.0.0/8 and the most commonly used loopback address is 127.0.0.1. To reverse the setting: c:\> console.exe disableloopbackcheck off Starting with Web Connection 6.21 and later you can run the following using the Console running as an Administrator: c:\> console.exe disableloopbackcheck The work around is a registry hack that disables this policy explicitly. Loopback Protection disables authenticating against local Windows accounts through HTTP and a Web browser.įor more info please see this Microsoft KB entry: This problem is caused by a policy called Loopback Protection that is enabled on server OSs by default. For Web Connection this affects the admin pages that rely on Windows authentication for access. When attempting to log on locally on a local Web site using Windows account authentication the your username and password always fails when this policy is enabled. This problem comes up on Windows Servers and lately also on Windows 10, or on Windows client machines running under custom policies. However, accessing the same site externally and logging in works just fine, using Windows log on credentials. Login attempts just fail with a 401 error. When logged into your Windows server, IIS Windows authentication through a browser does not work for either Windows Auth or Basic Auth using Windows user accounts.