Policy

Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata

This policy setting allows you to prevent Windows from downloading applications associated with device metadata. If you enable this policy setting, Windows does not download applications associated with device metadata for installed devices. This policy setting overrides the setting in the Device Installation Settings dialog box (Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings > Hardware tab). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the setting in the Device Installation Settings dialog box controls whether Windows downloads applications associated with device metadata.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / Device Installation
Policy ID 8545dc466466
Internal name DeviceMetadata_PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata\PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork (enabled) = 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata\PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to prevent Windows from downloading applications associated with device metadata. If you enable this policy setting, Windows does not download applications associated with device metadata for installed devices. This policy setting overrides the setting in the Device Installation Settings dialog box (Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings > Hardware tab). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the setting in the Device Installation Settings dialog box controls whether Windows downloads applications associated with device metadata.

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