Windows 10: How to re-enable the use of Random hardware address feature.

This problem is on my home laptop and I noticed the option to turn on Random Hardware Address in the wifi setting is disabled. I'm quite sure that this is the work of my parents.

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Random Hardware (Mac) Address - Windows 10

Exactly what I suspected!

next question is...does it mean I can't change/spoof my mac address even by using third party softwareor registry editing?

and

is there a list of wifi adapters that support the "random hardware address" feature?

 

About MAC Randomization feature

Hello vikasvashishtha,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Random hardware addresses are used to make it harder for people to track our location when you connect to different Wi-Fi networks. To enable the feature, you need to have appropriate drivers installed on your machine. However, to address your
questions, kindly check with the below mentioned answers:

1. MAC randomization works with all type of networks.
   
2. Unless the device is connected to the network/Wi-Fi, it cannot be tracked. The MAC address can be used to track your device as it connects to various Wi-Fi access points. Hence, by enabling MAC address randomization, it is hard
   to track the device. The device can still be tracked using other information.
   
3. No, MAC address won’t change after getting connected to 1 network unless you have enabled 'Use random hardware addresses for this network'.
   
4. Yes, every network device has a unique MAC address.
   

Regards,

Mala S

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Random Hardware (Mac) Address - Windows 10

Hi has microsoft removed the random mac address option from windows 10?

There is no "Random Hardware Address" in my network settings

as indicated by microsoft and it's not clear if this option is available
only if the network card and its drivers support it or if microsoft has removed it completely.

So is there any solution to enable this feature in Windows 10? Or what other solutions are there to have a random mac address?

ps. I run Windows 10 pro 2004 and have an intel wifi card and in the card advanced settings there is also no option to change the mac address.