Turn off Group Policy Client Service AOAC optimization
- Policy ID
- DisableAOACProcessing
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Group Policy
Description
This policy setting prevents the Group Policy Client Service from stopping when idle.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- DisableAOACProcessingREG_DWORD