Only One domain controller, Remote Registry service keeps DISABLING itself. Where in the registry could this be set?

Question

This is killing my remote management. I have 4 server 2012R2 domain controllers.  Only one of them is being affected with this problem.  Almost everytime I check, the remote registry service is disabled again.  It seems like there is a corrupt
group policy preference that keeps on attacking during a policy refresh, but I can't imagine setting a group policy to disable this service.  It is needed for our remote management.  Also the IP Tunnel service is also disabling.  Another strange
artifact is that when I set a Windows Firewall policy to add an exception for remote administration in a group policy to my Admin workstation, it seemed to set a firewall rule in other computers to block remote administration.  I can not figure out where
else this strange Windows Firewall rule Blocking remote administration could have come from.  These may be related or they may not, but they are occuring on the same domain controller.  I am able to set the RemoteRegistry service to enabled and to
start it (which I have done too many times now), but it constantly is being changed back to disabled.  I am searching the registry to find any invalid entries or artifacts that may be affecting these two annoying effects, but I cannot find anything yet.
 Any ideas?  I need to know what policies will disable the remoteregistry service OR the IPTunelling service, or where in the registry this could be set to enact this during a policy refresh.  Of course, any other ideas are welcome, I have spent
several days troubleshooting this, and need to conquer this by tomorrow if possible, thank you. James

Answer 1

Hi,
Please type
services.msc in RUN to open Services panel, navigate to the Remote Registry service. Then open its Properties and set
Startup type: Automatic. Then please check if this issue still exist.
In addition, please refer to mlippold’s suggestion (the last reply) in following thread and configure relevant
value in RemoteRegistry registry key, then check if can help you to solve this issue.
For registry items, please back up all registry items before all operations. That will help us to avoid some unexpected issue.
Remote
Registry Service stops automatically if we do not use it above 10 minutes
By the way, did you open Event Viewer and check if find any relevant errors?
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu
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