Do not allow Windows to activate Enhanced Storage devices
- Policy ID
- TCGSecurityActivationDisabled
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Enhanced Storage Access
Description
This policy setting configures whether or not Windows will activate an Enhanced Storage device.
If you enable this policy setting, Windows will not activate unactivated Enhanced Storage devices.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows will activate unactivated Enhanced Storage devices.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- TCGSecurityActivationDisabledREG_DWORD