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GPO to "Turn off toast notifications on the lock screen" does not work.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:57 PM | 1 vote

Using Windows 10 Enterprise, 1511.  I want to disable toasts on the lock screen via group policy, but it appears to not be working.

I have the following setting configured: User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Notifications\Turn off toast notifications on the lock screen".  Set to ENABLED.

I can confirm that it makes the following registry entry once applied: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications\NoToastApplicationNotificationOnLockScreen, DWORD:1

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I still get toasts coming through when my currently logged on user has locked the screen.  The "Settings" app, under System -> Notifications & actions, still shows the "Show notifications on the lock screen" turned on.  I would expect it to be OFF and greyed out if set via policy registry key...

If I manually turn the toggle off, toasts successfully stop showing on the lock screen.

Is this a bug?  I am assuming so.  Can someone else confirm please?****

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:59 PM âś…Answered

Yes indeed, the same :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\

NOC_GLOBAL_SETTING_ALLOW_TOASTS_ABOVE_LOCK

it's look like the GPO is not updated (even with the local group policy)

Totally agreed, this should work with GPO.

www.tenforums.com/tutorials/31116-lock-screen-app-notifications-turn-off-windows-10-a.html

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:35 PM

FYI, to test toasts, I found a free app in the store called "RemindMe" and it throws toasts.  I set a reminder for 15 seconds, lock screen, and it shows up.  If I manually turn off the "show notifications on the lock screen" in settings, then set a reminder using RemindMe, it is now suppressed from showing on the lock screen.

The GPO is just simply not working for me...

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:45 PM

Hello,
I will test on my 1511, but to be sure :

- Did you make a Logoff / Restart Explorer to take the settings set in registry ?

Thanks;

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:47 PM

Yes, and have reboot as well.  Even though the GPO says this in the Description:  "No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect."

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:37 PM

Edit : speak to soon, I have problem with this settings me too.
Good finding ! :-)

The only working one is the "NoToastApplicationNotification"

Perhaps, I can get rid of the ToastNotification if I manually disable via the UI. (tested with RemindMe)

So I guess the only hope is to procmon what the UI make in registry to disable it.
Maybe they have switched this settings in a appdata\local settings like the start screen...

Keep you informed if i find anything. Love that.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:51 PM | 1 vote

Yes, I have done that using regshot and determined the UI changes

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\

NOC_GLOBAL_SETTING_ALLOW_TOASTS_ABOVE_LOCK

It gets set to 0.  So, in theory I could do it as a GP Pref, but that's not ideal.  The GPO should work!  Seemingly a bug...

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 11:10 AM

Same problem here with 2015 LTSB Windows 10.  Annoying!!

Monday, March 13, 2017 7:05 PM

I just tested that setting with the 1607 Enterprise edition and the 15048 Technical Preview Enterprise x64. It seems to me that the issue is still there with both versions.

Test conditions: I used gpedit.msc to set the local GPO 'Turn off toast messages on lock screen = enabled' and the RemindMe app to generate messages.

As described earlier, with the GPO 'Turn off toast messages' set the notifications get suppressed and also with the registry entry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings]
"NOC_GLOBAL_SETTING_ALLOW_TOASTS_ABOVE_LOCK"=dword:00000000

I use a SCCM compliance rule now.