Prevent users from replacing the Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the menu they see when they right-click the lower-left corner or press the Windows logo key+X

This policy setting allows you to prevent users from replacing the Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the menu they see when they right-click the lower-left corner or press the Windows logo key + X. If you enable this policy setting the Command Prompt will always be listed in that menu and users won’t be able to replace it with Windows PowerShell. Users will still be able to access Windows PowerShell but not from that menu. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting Command Prompt will be listed in the menu by default and users can configure this setting.

Search Share Start Devices and Settings don’t appear when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen

This policy setting allows you to prevent Search Share Start Devices and Settings from appearing when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen. If you enable this policy setting Search Share Start Devices and Settings will no longer appear when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner. They’ll still be available if the mouse is pointing to the lower-right corner. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting Search Share Start Devices and Settings will be available by default and the user can configure this setting.

Do not show recent apps when the mouse is pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen

This policy setting allows you to prevent the last app and the list of recent apps from appearing when the mouse is pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen. If you enable this policy setting the user will no longer be able to switch to recent apps using the mouse. The user will still be able to switch apps using touch gestures keyboard shortcuts and the Start screen. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting the recent apps will be available by default and the user can configure this setting.

Turn off tracking of app usage

This policy setting prevents Windows from keeping track of the apps that are used and searched most frequently. If you enable this policy setting apps will be sorted alphabetically in: – search results – the Search and Share panes – the drop-down app list in the Picker If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting Windows will keep track of the apps that are used and searched most frequently. Most frequently used apps will appear at the top.

Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy

This policy setting allows you to specify which boot-start drivers are initialized based on a classification determined by an Early Launch Antimalware boot-start driver. The Early Launch Antimalware boot-start driver can return the following classifications for each boot-start driver:- Good: The driver has been signed and has not been tampered with. – Bad: The driver has been identified as malware. It is recommended that you do not allow known bad drivers to be initialized. – Bad but required for boot: The driver has been identified as malware but the computer cannot successfully boot without loading this driver. – Unknown: This driver has not been attested to by your malware detection application and has not been classified by the Early Launch Antimalware boot-start driver. If you enable this policy setting you will be able to choose which boot-start drivers to initialize the next time the computer is started. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the boot start drivers determined to be Good Unknown or Bad but Boot Critical are initialized and the initialization of drivers determined to be Bad is skipped. If your malware detection application does not include an Early Launch Antimalware boot-start driver or if your Early Launch Antimalware boot-start driver has been disabled this setting has no effect and all boot-start drivers are initialized.

Do not include Non-Publishing Standard Glyph in the candidate list

This policy setting allows you to include the Non-Publishing Standard Glyph in the candidate list when Publishing Standard Glyph for the word exists. If you enable this policy setting Non-Publishing Standard Glyph is not included in the candidate list when Publishing Standard Glyph for the word exists. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting both Publishing Standard Glyph and Non-Publishing Standard Glyph are included in the candidate list. This policy setting applies to Japanese Microsoft IME only. Note: Changes to this setting will not take effect until the user logs off.

Restrict character code range of conversion

This policy setting allows you to restrict character code range of conversion by setting character filter. If you enable this policy setting then only the character code ranges specified by this policy setting are used for conversion of IME. You can specify multiple ranges by setting a value combined with a bitwise OR of following values:0x0001 // JIS208 area0x0002 // NEC special char code0x0004 // NEC selected IBM extended code0x0008 // IBM extended code0x0010 // Half width katakana code0x0100 // EUDC(GAIJI)0x0200 // S-JIS unmapped area0x0400 // Unicode char0x0800 // surrogate char0x1000 // IVS char0xFFFF // no definition. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting no range of characters are filtered by default. This policy setting applies to Japanese Microsoft IME only. Note: Changes to this setting will not take effect until the user logs off.

Turn off custom dictionary

This policy setting allows you to turn off the ability to use a custom dictionary. If you enable this policy setting you cannot add edit and delete words in the custom dictionary either with GUI tools or APIs. A word registered in the custom dictionary before enabling this policy setting is not used for conversion. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the custom dictionary can be used by default. For Japanese Microsoft IME [Clear auto-tuning information] works even if this policy setting is enabled and it clears self-tuned words from the custom dictionary. This policy setting is applied to Japanese Microsoft IME and Simplified Chinese Microsoft Pinyin.

Turn off Internet search integration

This policy setting allows you to turn off Internet search integration. If you enable this policy setting you cannot add a new search integration configuration file. A search integration configuration file that was installed before enabling this policy setting is not used. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the search integration function can be used by default. This policy setting applies to Japanese Microsoft IME Simplified Chinese Microsoft Pinyin and Traditional Chinese New Phonetic.