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Preventing error "Redirection of additional supported devices is disabled by policy"

Anonymous
2013-12-29T04:36:21+00:00

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate, and I sometimes use Remote Desktop from various devices to connect to it. When I do, I get a warning in the Event Log:

Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-PnPDevices/Admin

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-PnPDevices

Date:          12/22/2013 10:58:10 PM

Event ID:      36

Task Category: None

Level:         Warning

Keywords:     

User:          SYSTEM

Computer:      KevinD7

Description:

Redirection of additional supported devices is disabled by policy.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-PnPDevices" Guid="{27A8C1E2-EB19-463E-8424-B399DF27A216}" />

    <EventID>36</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>3</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-12-23T03:58:10.727368400Z" />

    <EventRecordID>429</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="344" ThreadID="480" />

    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-PnPDevices/Admin</Channel>

    <Computer>KevinD7</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />

  </System>

  <EventData>

  </EventData>

</Event>

I've found solutions to this for Windows Server 2008, but they involve settings to Terminal Services, which I don't seem to have. I'm trying to whittle down the masses of warnings and errors in the Event logs.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-30T14:33:18+00:00

    No, the computer is not connected to a domain. It is in a homegroup.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-30T04:27:51+00:00

    Hi Kevin,

    Is the computer connected to a domain network?

    If you are connected to a domain network, when you establish a remote session, the supported Plug and Play device attached to the local computer can be redirected and made available to you in the remote session.  If the redirection of such plug and play devices is disabled by the system administrator, then the above mentioned error would be displayed.

    To resolve this issue, you need to contact the administrator and request to allow the redirection of plug and play devices in a remote session. If you have any further queries, you can post it in the Microsoft Technet forum where you can find similar posts and also get answers to your query. Here is a link to the forum:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home#category=w7itpro&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc&content=Content

    Hope this helps. Feel free to get back to us for any other Windows related queries in the future; we’d be happy to help.

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