Policy
Turn off background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting controls whether to have background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices. If you enable this policy setting, the ability to synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background is turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user can synchronize feeds and Web Slices in the background.
Internal name
Disable_Background_Syncing
Policy ID
268f152facf5
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feeds Value name BackgroundSyncStatus | REG_DWORD | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feeds
Value name
BackgroundSyncStatus
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.