Hi everyone,
Last day I encountered an issue on three of my Windows devices. I was trying to apply the restrictions policy, but it didn’t seem to take effect on any of them. Has anyone else faced something similar or know what could be causing this?
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1 day ago
Dec 21, 2025
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Yo bro! I guess I’ve seen similar behavior when restrictions policies don’t apply correctly. Sometimes it’s tied to registry settings not being present or misconfigured. Did you check if the devices are consistent in their registry entries?
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Participant
1 day ago
Dec 21, 2025
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Good point. Policies often fail silently if the required registry keys aren’t there. It might be worth verifying whether the relevant keys exist on all three devices.
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Participant
21 hours ago
Dec 21, 2025
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I guess you should check whether the AllowSignInOptions key exists in the Registry Editor or not.
Path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Settings\
We were able to replicate the same issues in our environment, and the root cause was that the key was missing from the device end. If it’s missing, the restrictions policy won’t apply properly.
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Participant
17 hours ago
Dec 21, 2025
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That makes sense. If the registry key is absent, the policy won’t have anything to hook into. In addition to checking the registry, you can also enforce this setting via Group Policy (GPO) to ensure consistency across all devices. That way, even if the key is missing, the GPO will create/enforce the required setting.
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Participant
13 hours ago
Dec 21, 2025
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Okay folks! Will see if all the above works! Thank you so much for contributing.
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