Prevent IIS installation

Policy ID
PreventIISInstall
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
Windows Server 2003 only
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Internet Information Services

Description

"This policy setting prevents installation of Internet Information Services (IIS) on this computer. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Information Services (IIS) cannot be installed, and you will not be able to install Windows components or applications that require IIS. Users installing Windows components or applications that require IIS might not receive a warning that IIS cannot be installed because of this Group Policy setting. Enabling this setting will not have any effect on IIS if IIS is already installed on the computer. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, IIS can be installed, as well as all the programs and applications that require IIS to run."

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • PreventIISInstallREG_DWORD

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