The GPOs can’t be set to Not Enabled, as they are subject to Group Policy tattooing.

If these policies are enabled, then you must explicitly disable them to clear the settings.

Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Audit Policy > System events.

Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Advanced Audit Configuration > Object Access > Audit Removable Storage.

Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Audit Policy > Audit Object Access.

The above Windows features can become unresponsive if the following Group Policy Objects (GPO) are enabled:

Windows Search doesn’t open from the taskbar. Right-click it to create a DWORD value and call it AllowCortana.

Choosing Windows Action Center doesn’t produce any effect.

Choosing the Windows Start menu doesn’t produce any effect. Windows 10 Start Menu, Cortana / Search & Action Center Not Responding & Not Working After Wake Up from Sleep Try to let the PC goes to sleep.

Your Windows 10 BYOL WorkSpace might exhibit the following symptoms due to cross-volume communication: When a program or application freezes or stops responding, you can either wait for it to start. The WorkSpace user profile's TileDataLayer database is closely integrated with the Start menu, Action Center, and Cortana Search. Your computer runs on the Windows 10 operating system. Note: If your WorkSpace is exhibiting this behavior after a rebuild operation, see Why isn't the Start menu, Action Center, or Cortana Search responding after I rebuilt my Windows 10 BYOL WorkSpace? Windows Action Center, Start menu, and Cortana Search problems that occur during normal WorkSpace operation are caused by Audit Object Access policies.

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