When you disable "DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures" setting under Privacy Setting - this will break the shared Policy key sync in the registry! (verified)
Details:
Key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies"
is a shared location with
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies"
If you "deactivate" the mentioned privacy setting the sync between those two keys is broken. If you have active GPO's - those will not populate into
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies
To fix the registry sync you can (you can't if the sync is working!) need to delete the whole key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies" followed by a immediately reboot.
I would mark this as a major issue.
NTLite v.2.2.0.8160
Details:
Key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies"
is a shared location with
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies"
Registry Keys Affected by WOW64 - Win32 apps
Under WOW64, certain registry keys are redirected.
docs.microsoft.com
If you "deactivate" the mentioned privacy setting the sync between those two keys is broken. If you have active GPO's - those will not populate into
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies
To fix the registry sync you can (you can't if the sync is working!) need to delete the whole key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies" followed by a immediately reboot.
I would mark this as a major issue.
NTLite v.2.2.0.8160
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