Policy

Disallow standby sleep states (S1-S3) when starting from a Windows to Go workspace

Microsoft Windows

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Disallow standby sleep states (S1-S3) when starting from a Windows to Go workspace
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Portable Operating System
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

Specifies whether the PC can use standby sleep states (S1-S3) when starting from a Windows To Go workspace. If you enable this setting, Windows, when started from a Windows To Go workspace, can't use standby states to make the PC sleep. If you disable or don't configure this setting, Windows, when started from a Windows To Go workspace, can use standby states to make the PC sleep.

Internal name
PortableOperatingSystem_Sleep
Policy ID
23edf8df516f
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

Policy elements

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