Policy

Time (in seconds) to force reboot when required for policy changes to take effect

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategorySystem > Device Installation > Device Installation Restrictions
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting establishes the amount of time (in seconds) that the system will wait to reboot in order to enforce a change in device installation restriction policies. If you enable this policy setting, set the amount of seconds you want the system to wait until a reboot. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the system does not force a reboot. Note: If no reboot is forced, the device installation restriction right will not take effect until the system is restarted.

Internal name
DeviceInstall_Policy_RebootTime
Policy ID
8dfdeecd4847
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\ForceRebootREG_DWORD
1
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Reboot Timeout (in seconds)
ID DeviceInstall_Policy_RebootTime_Time
decimal
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions\RebootTime
Type REG_DWORD
Range: 0 to 4294968

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