A lot of folks at my company have broken desktop shortcuts (refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978980 for the issue) and I want to edit the group policy so we can turn off scheduled computer maintenance for everyone. Is there a specific registry location for this change? Thanks, Elizabeth

Rudo's answer is easily overlooked in this thread. A detail-conscious IT Pro might tidy it up a bit.

Hello, If you consider using GPO, there is no need to edit the registry, simply configure the appropriate GPO Setting. I recently wrote a blog post about this. You find the key just under computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Scheduled maintenance\ -> Configure Scheduled maintenance Behavior If you still want to use direct registry edits, look at this key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScheduledDiagnostics Hope this helps Alex

Need some help. I have Windows 2008 Server SP2. I can not for the life of me find "Scheduled maintenance" under troubleshooting and diagnostics. Any help is appricated.

This Task only exists on Windows 7 (Client) i have not seen it on Windows Server 2008 (Server). Alex

I understand that. I am trying to use my windows 2008 server to manage my group policy that controls my windows 7 boxes. Does that help?

Geotech, You need to create a group policy central store and merge both the server 2008 and Win7 ADMX files together. The process is outlined here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929841/en-us Download the Server 2008R2 and Win7 ADMX templates from here and install it onto your server http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=16f69ffe-d51b-4e02-9d02-3e57f3ccd490 Take note of where it installs. Copy the PolicyDefinitions folder from the install location to \\your.domain.FQDN\SYSVOL\your.domain.FQDN\Policies Note that you may want to weed out unwanted language folders from the PolicyDefinitions folder after you copy it to your SYSVOL share to save on replication. Wait about 5 mins and then you should have both the Server 2008 and Windows 7 templates availabe to you from GPMC. The usual disclaimer of backing up your existing ADMX templates, and GP Objects applies before doing ANY of the above ;) - ScottY