Policy

Do not allow hardware accelerated decoding

Microsoft Windows

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Do not allow hardware accelerated decoding
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Connection Client
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting specifies whether the Remote Desktop Connection can use hardware acceleration if supported hardware is available. If you use this setting, the Remote Desktop Client will use only software decoding. For example, if you have a problem that you suspect may be related to hardware acceleration, use this setting to disable the acceleration; then, if the problem still occurs, you will know that there are additional issues to investigate. If you disable this setting or leave it not configured, the Remote Desktop client will use hardware accelerated decoding if supported hardware is available.

Internal name
TS_CLIENT_DISABLE_HARDWARE_MODE
Policy ID
c5e3dbe1eff9
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\Client
Value name
EnableHardwareMode
REG_DWORD
HKLM
0
HKLM
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\Client
Value name
EnableHardwareMode
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.