Policy
Disable SMB compression
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows11, WindowsServer2022
This policy controls whether the SMB client will disable (completely prevent) traffic compression. If you enable this policy setting, the SMB client will never compress data, irrespective of other policies (such as the 'Use SMB compression by default' policy or per-share property). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the SMB client may compress traffic (depending on a combination of other policies and conditions).
Internal name
Pol_DisableCompression
Policy ID
4e4468c89e8a
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanWorkstation Value name DisableCompression | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanWorkstation
Value name
DisableCompression
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.