Policy

Driver compatibility settings

Microsoft Windows

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Driver compatibility settings
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Device and Driver Compatibility
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

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

Changes behavior of 3rd-party drivers to work around incompatibilities introduced between OS versions.

Internal name
DriverShims
Policy ID
f4d6129ccf6f
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
System\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\Compatibility
Value name
DisableDriverShims
REG_DWORD
HKLM
0
HKLM
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
System\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\Compatibility
Value name
DisableDriverShims
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

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