NoBackgroundPolicy

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\ Class-ID

Description

Prevents the system from updating Group Policy settings while a user is logged on.

This entry stores the setting of the Do not apply during periodic background processing option in the policy-processing policies in Group Policy.

• If you enable a policy-processing policy and select this option, Group Policy adds this entry to the appropriate Class-ID subkey with a value of 1.

• If you clear the option or disable the policy, Group Policy sets the value of this entry to 0.

• If you set the policy to Not configured, Group Policy deletes this entry from the registry, and the system behaves as though the value is 0.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Do not apply during periodic background processing option in the policy-processing policies in Group Policy.

Note

This entry affects only background updates, which occur periodically while a user is logged on. It does not affect the updates that are always performed when you restart the system or when a user logs on.

This entry takes precedence over customized settings specified in the installation script for a policy.

This entry is not supported by the Software Installation or Folder Redirection client-side extensions. Therefore, this entry is ignored if it appears in the {25537BA6-77A8-11D2-9B6C-0000F8080861} (Folder Redirection) or {C6DC5466-785A-11D2-84D0-00C04FB169f7} (Software installation) subkeys.

Background updates can disrupt the user by changing the appearance of the user's desktop.

Tip

For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Group Policy Reference.

For general information about Group Policy, see Windows 2000 Server Help or Windows 2000 Professional Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Registry Table .

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