Policy
Turn off KMS Client Online AVS Validation
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting lets you opt-out of sending KMS client activation data to Microsoft automatically. Enabling this setting prevents this computer from sending data to Microsoft regarding its activation state. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, KMS client activation data will be sent to Microsoft services when this device activates. Policy Options: - Not Configured (default -- data will be automatically sent to Microsoft) - Disabled (data will be automatically sent to Microsoft) - Enabled (data will not be sent to Microsoft)
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Software Protection Platform\NoGenTicket | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.
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