Policy
Automatic Maintenance Random Delay
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting allows you to configure Automatic Maintenance activation random delay. The maintenance random delay is the amount of time up to which Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its Activation Boundary. If you enable this policy setting, Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its Activation Boundary, by upto this time. If you do not configure this policy setting, 4 hour random delay will be applied to Automatic Maintenance. If you disable this policy setting, no random delay will be applied to Automatic Maintenance.
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\Task Scheduler\Maintenance Value name Randomized | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Regular maintenance random delay ID RandomDelay | text | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Task Scheduler\Maintenance Value name Random Delay Type REG_SZ | None |