Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Disable access to System properties

Using the System properties applet in Control Panel, a user can change the name and/or domain membership of the computer, create hardware profiles, manage devices, and specify performance parameters such as memory usage, virtual memory settings, and visual effects. This registry edit allows you to disable access to System properties, both from Control Panel and My Computer/Computer Management.
1. In your registry editor, logged on as the user for whom you want to restrict access, navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
2. Right-click in an empty portion of the right details pane and select New DWORD Value.
3. Rename the new value to NoPropertiesMyComputer.
4. Double-click the new value and enter 1 in the Data Value field to hide the properties. If you want to make the properties accessible later, change the value to 0.
5. Restart the computer to make the change take effect.

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