HRESULT 0x80072F8B (WININET_E_FAILED_DUETOSECURITYCHECK): meaning

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A dial-up operation failed a required security check.

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WININET_E_FAILED_DUETOSECURITYCHECK

WININET_E_FAILED_DUETOSECURITYCHECK is a WinINet HRESULT. It is a legacy WinINet result indicating that a dial-up connection was rejected because the configured security check failed. In particular, older configurations could request failure when file sharing was enabled.

What to check

Check the legacy dial-up and security policy configuration if the affected system still uses that connection model.
Verify whether the application should instead use the current network connection rather than attempting to initiate dial-up.
Correct the policy conflict instead of weakening a security check merely to make the connection proceed.

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