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Monday, November 20, 2017 3:05 PM | 1 vote

I've been having problems with my ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) ever since last week's update on Windows 10. It all started when I was unable to start my Mobile Hotspot, neither through the Action Center, nor through the oldfashioned way by netsh commands on Command Prompt. After a restart, I realized that ICS was not enabled for my ethernet connection and trying to enable it gives me the "An error occurred while internet connection sharing was being enabled" error message.

I opened Services where I found out that the Internet Connection Sharing is frozen with the status "Starting" and there is nothing I can do to get it running. It's Startup type is set to Automatic as it should, but nothing happens and I'm unable to change any of that.

It seemed like the only solution was to make a System Restore to the pre-update state, after which everything went back to normal. However, last night my PC did the same updates before shutting down and so did the same problem came back.

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Monday, November 20, 2017 3:33 PM

Hello,

Try setting the service to Automatic (Delayed Start) as Startup type, instead of Automatic, see if it helps.

Regards.

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Monday, November 20, 2017 3:49 PM

I did it and nothing has changed. I restarted my PC and the status of the service is still stuck on Starting.

Monday, November 20, 2017 7:24 PM

Another thing I tried was setting the Startup type as Manual. Restarted my PC, attempted to start the service manually. This time I got the following error message:

Windows could not start the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer.

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 3:16 AM

Firstly, run sfc /scannow to repair system files

Next, ICS depends on four other services namely:

1. Base Filtering Engine  (default startup: Automatic)

2. Network Connections (default startup: Manual)

3. Remote Access Connection Manager  (default startup: Manual)

4. Windows Management Instrumentation  (default startup: Automatic)

Start all of the above four services and set their startup types as given above.

And, disable third-party security software, such as Kaspersky or McAfee.

After above, clean boot and check again.

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017 6:15 AM

Another thing I tried was setting the Startup type as Manual. Restarted my PC, attempted to start the service manually. This time I got the following error message:

Windows could not start the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on Local Computer.

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

For error 1053, refer:

https://www.kapilarya.com/the-service-did-not-respond-to-the-start-or-control-request-in-a-timely-fashion

Hope this helps, Good luck!

Microsoft MVP (Windows and Devices for IT)

Windows Insider MVP

Windows Help & Support [www.kapilarya.com]

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 9:16 AM

Hi Deniz C,

Update: Internet Connection Sharing has stopped working on 1709 seems to be a known issue, I meet with same situation on other forum cases.

Please try this registry method:

Set the following registry key:

Path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedAccess

Type: DWORD

Setting: EnableRebootPersistConnection

Value: 1.

After configured, restart computer and test ICS service again.

Regards

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017 1:07 AM

Thank you for all the suggestions. Unfortunately, none of them have helped me so far, the ICS service still won't start.

Saturday, November 25, 2017 3:42 PM | 1 vote

  1. Disable the firewall
  2. Restore windows defender firewall

After the above steps the try to start ICS or reboot. Everything will be ok :-)

This solution is worked for me for this same issue.

For details about the solution see here: https://serverfault.com/questions/884251/internet-connection-sharing-after-windows-10-fall-creators-update-hangs-on-star/885136#885136

Friday, January 12, 2018 7:28 AM

Your solution worked for me. Thanks.