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clutch_72
Copper Contributor
Aug 26, 2025

GroupPolicy/Registry issue

My MDR product is having an issue with scanning the registry of our hosts.  It times out and causes performance issues, essentially bringing down the host.  I opened a case with their support and we ...
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Group Policy
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clutch_72
Copper Contributor
Aug 27, 2025

Thank you for the suggestion. So I created a new OU, blocked all GPO inheritance and moved a test host into it.  I deleted every key under Computer\HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects

rebooted and logged in as a local user, to keep any domain user GPOs from being applied.  When I opened registry editor, two new keys had been created.  I rebooted again and after logging in and opening the registry, there were a total of 6 keys. I rebooted a third time and checked to find 8 keys there.  A 4th reboot did not yield any new keys but I give it 30-60 minutes and see if there are any additional keys.

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L_Youtell_974
Iron Contributor
Aug 27, 2025

in that case, did you try rsop.msc to check if you have a local gpo on your local computer?

https://lazyadmin.nl/it/rsop/

 

you can tell what is the key in the gpo ?

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