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in order to disable Direct Access on Windows 8.1, you can run the following powershell script (as administrator)

remove-itemproperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient" -name DnsPolicyConfig Net stop iphlpsvc /y Net start iphlpsvc ipconfig /flushdns Write-Host "" Write-Host "Press any key to continue ..." $x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")