Policy

Do not allow password authentication of Enhanced Storage devices

Microsoft Windows

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Do not allow password authentication of Enhanced Storage devices
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > Enhanced Storage Access
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

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

This policy setting configures whether or not a password can be used to unlock an Enhanced Storage device. If you enable this policy setting, a password cannot be used to unlock an Enhanced Storage device. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, a password can be used to unlock an Enhanced Storage device.

Internal name
DisablePasswordAuthentication
Policy ID
e8cafb60af0b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EnhancedStorageDevices
Value name
DisablePasswordAuthentication
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EnhancedStorageDevices
Value name
DisablePasswordAuthentication
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.