Your system administrator has blocked this program group policy

Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Security. Sign in to vote. Hi, in a domain environment we have configured our workstations in a way, that limited user accounts are not bothered with UAC prompts.

But there are a few very annoying issues with this configuration: Programs like regedit or Event Viewer do not open "This program is blocked by Group Policy". Thanks and best greetings from Germany Olaf. Tuesday, January 24, PM. Hi, As far as I know, if you select automatically deny elevation requests for standard users, they cannot run any program which requires elevation even with run as administrator option. Wednesday, January 25, AM. Best greetings from Germany Olaf.

Friday, January 27, AM. Hi, At this time, if you don't have further questions, we will mark the post as "Answered" as the previous information is helpful for many similar scenarios. If you are looking for the methods to fix the Windows Defender blocked by Group Policy error, then read this article carefully, you will find the solutions. If your computer disables the device driver, you can change the setup to repair this problem. Here are the steps:.

Then you should type gpedit. Step 4: Remove the target program or application from the disallowed list and click OK. Here is the tutorial. I wish there was an easier way, but I don't know of any. Sometimes security software blocks programs using Group Policy so it's possible that's how this happened - unfortunately, it doesn't help us find the location of the block so it can be removed. Let us discuss 3 of them. You may name the file as your wish but end it with a.

BAT extension. Once this is done, restart your PC. When the group policy has been configured to a network, the registry values of the created group policy are then added to the registries of each computer that has been connected to the network.

You can also disable this Software Restriction Policy from the Registry Editor by deleting any or all the configured group policies. When the PC restarts, the Software Restriction Policy will be disabled, and you should now be able to launch affected programs successfully. Symantec Endpoint Protection has the option of blocking all programs on the removable drive from running. The steps for doing so are:.