LocalNetPriority Registry key

This registry key determines the priority in ordering returned dns query responses for a given dns query.

Name : LocalNetPriority
Type : REG_DWORD
Default : 0x000000FF
Location: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services \DNS\parameters"
Functionality: Return dns query responses in local priority net order.

To set Local Net Prioriry to use 16-most significant bits(0x0000FFFFF) to order responses, just reset 16 -most significant bits in 0xFFFFFF i.e 0x0000FFFF and add the resultant value to reg key

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters" /v LocalNetPriority /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0000FFFF

To set Local Net Priority to windows 2000 mode, then set the reg key to 0x00FFFFFF.

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\parameters" /v LocalNetPriority /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00FFFFFF