Policy

Configure local setting override for maximum percentage of CPU utilization

This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of maximum percentage of CPU utilization during scan. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting, the local preference setting will take priority over Group Policy. If you disable or do not configure this setting, Group Policy will take priority over the local preference setting.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Scan
Policy ID 28279365b757
Internal name Scan_LocalSettingOverrideAvgCPULoadFactor

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\LocalSettingOverrideAvgCPULoadFactor (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\LocalSettingOverrideAvgCPULoadFactor (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of maximum percentage of CPU utilization during scan. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting, the local preference setting will take priority over Group Policy. If you disable or do not configure this setting, Group Policy will take priority over the local preference setting.

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