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Hide “Windows Features”
This setting prevents users from accessing the “Turn Windows features on or off” task from the Programs Control Panel in Category View Programs and Features in Classic View and Get Programs. As a result users cannot view enable or disable various Windows features and services. If this setting is disabled or is not configured the “Turn Windows features on or off” task will be available to all users. This setting does not prevent users from using other tools and methods to configure services or enable or disable program components.
Hide “Get Programs” page
Prevents users from viewing or installing published programs from the network. This setting prevents users from accessing the “Get Programs” page from the Programs Control Panel in Category View Programs and Features in Classic View and the “Install a program from the netowrk” task. The “Get Programs” page lists published programs and provides an easy way to install them. Published programs are those programs that the system administrator has explicitly made available to the user with a tool such as Windows Installer. Typically system administrators publish programs to notify users of their availability to recommend their use or to enable users to install them without having to search for installation files. If this setting is enabled users cannot view the programs that have been published by the system administrator and they cannot use the “Get Programs” page to install published programs. Enabling this feature does not prevent users from installing programs by using other methods. Users will still be able to view and installed assigned (partially installed) programs that are offered on the desktop or on the Start menu. If this setting is disabled or is not configured the “Install a program from the network” task to the “Get Programs” page will be available to all users. Note: If the “Hide Programs Control Panel” setting is enabled this setting is ignored.
Hide “Windows Marketplace”
This setting prevents users from access the “Get new programs from Windows Marketplace” task from the Programs Control Panel in Category View Programs and Features in Classic View and Get Programs. Windows Marketplace allows users to purchase and/or download various programs to their computer for installation. Enabling this feature does not prevent users from navigating to Windows Marketplace using other methods. If this feature is disabled or is not configured the “Get new programs from Windows Marketplace” task link will be available to all users. Note: If the “Hide Programs control Panel” setting is enabled this setting is ignored.
Hide “Set Program Access and Computer Defaults” page
This setting removes the Set Program Access and Defaults page from the Programs Control Panel. As a result users cannot view or change the associated page. The Set Program Access and Computer Defaults page allows administrators to specify default programs for certain activities such as Web browsing or sending e-mail as well as specify the programs that are accessible from the Start menu desktop and other locations. If this setting is disabled or not configured the Set Program Access and Defaults button is available to all users. This setting does not prevent users from using other tools and methods to change program access or defaults. This setting does not prevent the Default Programs icon from appearing on the Start menu.
Hide “Installed Updates” page
This setting prevents users from accessing “Installed Updates” page from the “View installed updates” task. “Installed Updates” allows users to view and uninstall updates currently installed on the computer. The updates are often downloaded directly from Windows Update or from various program publishers. If this setting is disabled or not configured the “View installed updates” task and the “Installed Updates” page will be available to all users. This setting does not prevent users from using other tools and methods to install or uninstall programs.
Hide “Programs and Features” page
This setting prevents users from accessing “Programs and Features” to view uninstall change or repair programs that are currently installed on the computer. If this setting is disabled or not configured “Programs and Features” will be available to all users. This setting does not prevent users from using other tools and methods to view or uninstall programs. It also does not prevent users from linking to related Programs Control Panel Features including Windows Features Get Programs or Windows Marketplace.
Hide the Programs Control Panel
This setting prevents users from using the Programs Control Panel in Category View and Programs and Features in Classic View. The Programs Control Panel allows users to uninstall change and repair programs enable and disable Windows Features set program defaults view installed updates and purchase software from Windows Marketplace. Programs published or assigned to the user by the system administrator also appear in the Programs Control Panel. If this setting is disabled or not configured the Programs Control Panel in Category View and Programs and Features in Classic View will be available to all users. When enabled this setting takes precedence over the other settings in this folder. This setting does not prevent users from using other tools and methods to install or uninstall programs.
Allow pruning of published printers
Determines whether the domain controller can prune (delete from Active Directory) the printers published by this computer. By default the pruning service on the domain controller prunes printer objects from Active Directory if the computer that published them does not respond to contact requests. When the computer that published the printers restarts it republishes any deleted printer objects. If you enable this setting or do not configure it the domain controller prunes this computer’s printers when the computer does not respond. If you disable this setting the domain controller does not prune this computer’s printers. This setting is designed to prevent printers from being pruned when the computer is temporarily disconnected from the network. Note: You can use the “Directory Pruning Interval” and “Directory Pruning Retry” settings to adjust the contact interval and number of contact attempts.
Check published state
Directs the system to periodically verify that the printers published by this computer still appear in Active Directory. This setting also specifies how often the system repeats the verification. By default the system only verifies published printers at startup. This setting allows for periodic verification while the computer is operating. To enable this additional verification enable this setting and then select a verification interval. To disable verification disable this setting or enable this setting and select “Never” for the verification interval.
Allow printers to be published
Determines whether the computer’s shared printers can be published in Active Directory. If you enable this setting or do not configure it users can use the “List in directory” option in the Printer’s Properties’ Sharing tab to publish shared printers in Active Directory. If you disable this setting this computer’s shared printers cannot be published in Active Directory and the “List in directory” option is not available. Note: This settings takes priority over the setting “Automatically publish new printers in the Active Directory”.