Policy

Specify startup policy processing wait time

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategorySystem > Group Policy
Supported onAt least Windows Vista

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

This policy setting specifies how long Group Policy should wait for network availability notifications during startup policy processing. If the startup policy processing is synchronous, the computer is blocked until the network is available or the default wait time is reached. If the startup policy processing is asynchronous, the computer is not blocked and policy processing will occur in the background. In either case, configuring this policy setting overrides any system-computed wait times. If you enable this policy setting, Group Policy will use this administratively configured maximum wait time and override any default or system-computed wait time. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Group Policy will use the default wait time of 30 seconds on computers running Windows Vista operating system.

Internal name
SyncWaitTime
Policy ID
a6480d3ca7c3
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Amount of time to wait (in seconds):
ID SyncWaitTime_Minutes
decimal
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\GpNetworkStartTimeoutPolicyValue
Type REG_DWORD
Range: 1 to 600

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