Control Device Reactivation for Retail devices
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Software Protection Platform
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting controls whether OS Reactivation is blocked on a device. Policy Options: - Not Configured (default -- Windows registration and reactivation is allowed) - Disabled (Windows registration and reactivation is not allowed) - Enabled (Windows registration is allowed)

Internal name
AllowWindowsEntitlementReactivation
Policy ID
5650fa2ad400
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Software Protection Platform
Value name
AllowWindowsEntitlementReactivation
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Software Protection Platform
Value name
AllowWindowsEntitlementReactivation
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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