Server 2012 – Enable/Disable Spellcheck Highlighting and Auto-Correct with Group Policy

Courtesy of this fancy post where they use big words and pictographs here, you can use this info to enable or disable the built-in global spell checking/highlighting and auto-correct features of Windows 8/Server 2012 to deploy these settings as a group policy preference.

One can only hope that this feature is any better than the auto-correct on Android phones which makes me want to smash my spy phone into tiny little pieces with a claw hammer or test it’s aerial durability/impact resistance with the closest nearby wall at times, but I wouldn’t hold your breath.

User Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry
Right-click Registry > New > Registry-Item

Enable/Disable Spellcheck/Highlighting
Action: Update
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key Path: Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7
Value name: EnableSpellchecking
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: "0" to disable, "1" to enable

Enable/Disable Auto-Correct
Action: Update
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key Path: Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7
Value name: EnableAutocorrection
Value type: REG_BINARY
Value data: "0" to disable, "1" to enable

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