Allow administrators to override Device Installation Restriction policies

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting allows you to determine whether members of the Administrators group can install and update the drivers for any device, regardless of other policy settings. If you enable this policy setting, members of the Administrators group can use the Add Hardware wizard or the Update Driver wizard to install and update the drivers for any device. If you enable this policy setting on a remote desktop server, the policy setting affects redirection of the specified devices from a remote desktop client to the remote desktop server. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, members of the Administrators group are subject to all policy settings that restrict device installation.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Allow installation of devices that match any of these device IDs

  At least Windows Vista
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  Allow installation of devices that match any of these device instance IDs

  At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1909
• Computer
  Allow installation of devices using drivers that match these device setup classes

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Apply layered order of evaluation for Allow and Prevent device installation policies across all device match criteria

  At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 2106
• Computer
  Display a custom message title when device installation is prevented by a policy setting

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Display a custom message when installation is prevented by a policy setting

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings

  At least Windows Vista