Policy

Do not allow Windows to activate Enhanced Storage devices

Microsoft Windows

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Do not allow Windows to activate 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 Windows will activate an Enhanced Storage device. If you enable this policy setting, Windows will not activate unactivated Enhanced Storage devices. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows will activate unactivated Enhanced Storage devices.

Internal name
TCGSecurityActivationDisabled
Policy ID
45b46c991139
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
TCGSecurityActivationDisabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EnhancedStorageDevices
Value name
TCGSecurityActivationDisabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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