Turn off sensors

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LocationAndSensors

Value name: DisableSensors

Enabled: DisableSensors = 1

Disabled: DisableSensors = 0

Description

This policy setting turns off the sensor feature for this computer. If you enable this policy setting, the sensor feature is turned off, and all programs on this computer cannot use the sensor feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all programs on this computer can use the sensor feature.