Turn off System Restore
Allows you to disable System Restore. This policy setting allows you to turn off System Restore. System Restore enables users in the event of a problem to restore their computers to a previous state without losing personal data files. By default System Restore is turned on for the boot volume. If you enable this policy setting System Restore is turned off and the System Restore Wizard cannot be accessed. The option to configure System Restore or create a restore point through System Protection is also disabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can perform System Restore and configure System Restore settings through System Protection. Also see the “Turn off System Restore configuration” policy setting. If the “Turn off System Restore” policy setting is disabled or not configured the “Turn off System Restore configuration” policy setting is used to determine whether the option to configure System Restore is available.
Turn off Configuration
Allows you to disable System Restore configuration through System Protection. This policy setting allows you to turn off System Restore configuration through System Protection. System Restore enables users in the event of a problem to restore their computers to a previous state without losing personal data files. The behavior of this policy setting depends on the “Turn off System Restore” policy setting. If you enable this policy setting the option to configure System Restore through System Protection is disabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can change the System Restore settings through System Protection. Also see the “Turn off System Restore” policy setting. If the “Turn off System Restore” policy setting is enabled the “Turn off System Restore configuration” policy setting is overwritten.
Show Start on the display the user is using when they press the Windows logo key
This policy setting allows the Start screen to appear on the display the user is using when they press the Windows logo key. This setting only applies to users who are using multiple displays. If you enable this policy setting the Start screen will appear on the display the user is using when they press the Windows logo key. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting the Start screen will always appear on the main display when the user presses the Windows logo key. Users will still be able to open Start on other displays by pressing the Start button on that display. Also the user will be able to configure this setting.
List desktop apps first in the Apps view
This policy setting allows desktop apps to be listed first in the Apps view in Start. If you enable this policy setting desktop apps would be listed first when the apps are sorted by category in the Apps view. The other sorting options would continue to be available and the user could choose to change their default sorting options. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting the desktop apps won’t be listed first when the apps are sorted by category and the user can configure this setting.
Search just apps from the Apps view
This policy setting prevents the user from searching apps files settings (and the web if enabled) when the user searches from the Apps view. This policy setting is only applied when the Apps view is set as the default view for Start. If you enable this policy setting searching from the Apps view will only search the list of installed apps. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting the user can configure this setting.
Show the Apps view automatically when the user goes to Start
This policy setting allows the Apps view to be opened by default when the user goes to Start. If you enable this policy setting the Apps view will appear whenever the user goes to Start. Users will still be able to switch between the Apps view and the Start screen. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting the Start screen will appear by default whenever the user goes to Start and the user will be able to switch between the Apps view and the Start screen. Also the user will be able to configure this setting.
Go to the desktop instead of Start when signing in or when all the apps on a screen are closed
This policy setting allows users to go to the desktop instead of the Start screen when they sign in or when all the apps on a screen are closed. This policy setting applies to all versions of Windows and versions of Windows Server with the Desktop Experience installed. If you enable this policy setting users will always go to the desktop when they sign in or when all the apps on a screen are closed. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting users will go to the Start screen by default when they sign in and the user can configure this setting.
Show “Run as different user” command on Start
This policy setting shows or hides the “Run as different user” command on the Start application bar. If you enable this setting users can access the “Run as different user” command from Start for applications which support this functionality. If you disable this setting or do not configure it users cannot access the “Run as different user” command from Start for any applications. Note: This setting does not prevent users from using other methods such as the shift right-click menu on application’s jumplists in the taskbar to issue the “Run as different user” command.
Change Start Menu power button
Set the default action of the power button on the Start menu. If you enable this setting the Start Menu will set the power button to the chosen action and not let the user change this action. If you set the button to either Sleep or Hibernate and that state is not supported on a computer then the button will fall back to Shut Down. If you disable or do not configure this setting the Start Menu power button will be set to Shut Down by default and the user can change this setting to another action.
Prevent users from uninstalling applications from Start
If you enable this setting users cannot uninstall apps from Start. If you disable this setting or do not configure it users can access the uninstall command from Start