Settings "managed by your organization" when there is no organization

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I have Win 10 Pro Version 1903.

As I’ve tried to figure out just what is going on with Win 10 (it’s been a constant head scratcher for me, unlike any previous version of Windows), I’ve noticed that in the settings a number of entries are greyed-out, and there’s this statement in red: “Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization.”

Since I’m the only user, it’s a mystery to me how or why some settings are hidden or managed by an “organization” that doesn’t exist.

Would someone please explain? Has Microsoft handed control of my computer over to the Illuminati or some such?

And more to the point, should I wish to be able to change such settings, is there a global way to do it? I.e., one way to make it possible for me to change any settings currently “hidden or managed by my organization”?

Thanks.

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You see that notice because you have some related settings set in Group Policy, which is used by businesses (your organization) to control Windows. If you click to see what settings, you may get an idea of what is causing it. If you undo the GP settings, that goes away.

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I have verified that there are no group policies set but nonetheless get this same message.  Since I don’t have an organization, this is just one personal system, what is going on? I set up another system and don’t have this problem, but can’t see any differences between the two setups.

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“Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization.” can also be attributed to 3rd party tweaking programs with elevated privs that alter GP/registry settings accordingly.

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Alex5723, BobStr

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What does this mean?  How do I find out what they are?

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Immediately below the “*Some settings are managed by your organization” warning, there’s a link that says, “View configured update policies” which should give you some clues:

How to View Configured Update Policies in Windows 10

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OpsMgr1979

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Ah, I don’t get that display when I go to Updates and Security.  There is just get the status of the updates.  The only place the message about “Some settings are…” is on the Lock Screen display and doesn’t give the option to view configured update policies.  I realized the only difference between my two PCs is that one is a laptop and bitlocker was automatically installed with it.  Also, it logs in via my Microsoft account rather than a local account.  Could that be the issue?

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I think that probably means you had previously used a registry tweak to disable the lock screen:

“Some settings are managed by your organization” [at top of lock screen settings window]

I’m sure it’s not due to laptop/Bitlocker or local/Microsoft account.

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OpsMgr1979

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Where can I find Group Policy settings? I don’t see them in accounts or anywhere else. I’m in Windows 10, PC Desktop. Everything was working just fine up until about 2 hours ago. No changes were made here. I went to lunch and came back and have spent the last 3 hours trying to figure this out. Annoying.

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Type gpedit.exe in the search bar. Press “Enter.”
If you are using a business computer, you may need to talk to someone in IT.

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The “managed by your organization” as well as “the System Manager’s” **hidden password** are two intriguing issues that have been around at least since Windows 7, back in 2011.

My own theory is that these are leftover features that remain in Windows, except in the case of the “Enterprise” version for which they are really meant, because at MS they cheaped out sloppily and the lower grade versions, from Home through Professional, are actually, to a large extent, pared-down versions of the “Enterprise” one, except they forgot to clean the rubble. But that is just my theory.

Maybe someone like Susan could answer this one better.

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You do not need a theory to explain this, it has been explained by PK in #2123845 above.

cheers, Paul

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I would not be so sure: there was no such explanation available when I was using Windows 7, or if there was, I never found it. Or, to be more precise, what I wrote further up was the only one I found that made sense to me. I have never used Windows 10, so I have no idea what is it like there. Fortunately, it would seem — for several reasons.

Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
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This thread is about Win10 v1903, NOT Win7 (which you no longer use?)

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PK, I know, I was contributing with knowledge gained over a quarter century of using Windows. That perhaps still could be useful, or perhaps not. And it was about the origin of the issue, something on which it’s current status is not relevant.

Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV

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