Policy
Control Device Reactivation for Retail devices
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
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.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Software Protection Platform Value name AllowWindowsEntitlementReactivation | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Software Protection Platform
Value name
AllowWindowsEntitlementReactivation
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.