Policy
Prevent clients from querying the index remotely
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
If enabled, clients will be unable to query this computer's index remotely. Thus, when they are browsing network shares that are stored on this computer, they will not search them using the index. If disabled, client search requests will use this computer's index. Default is disabled.
Internal name
PreventRemoteQueries
Policy ID
74b97ad78a44
Elements
0
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\Windows Search Value name PreventRemoteQueries | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
Value name
PreventRemoteQueries
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.