Tag: Computer Configuration
Block clean-up of unused language packs
This policy setting controls whether the LPRemove task will run to clean up language packs installed on a machine but are not used by any users on that machine. If you enable this policy setting language packs that are installed as part of the system image will remain installed even if they are not used by any user on that system. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting language packs that are installed as part of the system image but are not used by any user on that system will be removed as part of a scheduled clean up task.
Force selected system UI language to overwrite the user UI language
This policy setting controls which UI language is used for computers with more than one UI language installed. If you enable this policy setting the UI language of Windows menus and dialogs for systems with more than one language is restricted to a specified language. If the specified language is not installed on the target computer or you disable this policy setting the language selection defaults to the language selected by the local administrator. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting there is no restriction of a specific language used for the Windows menus and dialogs.
Restricts the UI language Windows uses for all logged users
This policy setting restricts the Windows UI language for all users. This is a policy setting for computers with more than one UI language installed. If you enable this policy setting the UI language of Windows menus and dialogs for systems with more than one language will follow the language specified by the administrator as the system UI languages. The UI language selected by the user will be ignored if it is different than any of the system UI languages. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can specify which UI language is used.
Turn off tracking of last play time of games in the Games folder
Tracks the last play time of games in the Games folder. If you enable this setting the last played time of games will not be recorded in Games folder. This setting only affects the Games folder. If you disable or do not configure this setting the last played time will be displayed to the user.
Turn off downloading of game information
Manages download of game box art and ratings from the Windows Metadata Services. If you enable this setting game information including box art and ratings will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this setting game information will be downloaded from Windows Metadata Services.
Configure Scenario Execution Level
This policy setting permits or prohibits the Diagnostic Policy Service (DPS) from automatically resolving any heap corruption problems. If you enable this policy setting the DPS detects troubleshoots and attempts to resolve automatically any heap corruption problems. If you disable this policy setting Windows cannot detect troubleshoot and attempt to resolve automatically any heap corruption problems that are handled by the DPS. If you do not configure this policy setting the DPS enables Fault Tolerant Heap for resolution by default. This policy setting takes effect only if the diagnostics-wide scenario execution policy is not configured. This policy setting takes effect only when the Diagnostic Policy Service is in the running state. When the service is stopped or disabled diagnostic scenarios are not executed. The DPS can be configured with the Services snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console. No system restart or service restart is required for this policy setting to take effect: changes take effect immediately.
Disallow user override of locale settings
This policy setting prevents the user from customizing their locale by changing their user overrides. Any existing overrides in place when this policy is enabled will be frozen. To remove existing user overrides first reset the user(s) values to the defaults and then apply this policy. When this policy setting is enabled users can still choose alternate locales installed on the system unless prevented by other policies however they will be unable to customize those choices. The user cannot customize their user locale with user overrides. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured then the user can customize their user locale overrides. If this policy is set to Enabled at the computer level then it cannot be disabled by a per-User policy. If this policy is set to Disabled at the computer level then the per-User policy will be ignored. If this policy is set to Not Configured at the computer level then restrictions will be based on per-User policies. To set this policy on a per-user basis make sure that the per-computer policy is set to Not Configured.
Disallow changing of geographic location
This policy setting prevents users from changing their user geographical location (GeoID). If you enable this policy setting users cannot change their GeoID. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users may select any GeoID. If you enable this policy setting at the computer level it cannot be disabled by a per-user policy setting. If you disable this policy setting at the computer level the per-user policy is ignored. If you do not configure this policy setting at the computer level restrictions are based on per-user policy settings. To set this policy setting on a per-user basis make sure that the per-computer policy setting is not configured.
Restrict user locales
This policy setting restricts users on a computer to the specified list of user locales. If the list is empty it locks all user locales to their current values. This policy setting does not change existing user locale settings; however the next time a user attempts to change their user locale their choices will be restricted to locales in this list. To set this policy setting on a per-user basis make sure that you do not configure the per-computer policy setting. The locale list is specified using language tags separated by a semicolon (;). For example en-US is English (United States). Specifying “en-CA;fr-CA” would restrict the user locale to English (Canada) and French (Canada). If you enable this policy setting only locales in the specified locale list can be selected by users. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can select any locale installed on the computer unless restricted by the “Disallow selection of Custom Locales” policy setting. If this policy setting is enabled at the computer level it cannot be disabled by a per-user policy. If this policy setting is disabled at the computer level the per-user policy is ignored. If this policy setting is not configured at the computer level restrictions are based on per-user policies.
Disallow copying of user input methods to the system account for sign-in
This policy prevents automatic copying of user input methods to the system account for use on the sign-in screen. The user is restricted to the set of input methods that are enabled in the system account. Note this does not affect the availability of user input methods on the lock screen or with the UAC prompt. If the policy is Enabled then the user will get input methods enabled for the system account on the sign-in page. If the policy is Disabled or Not Configured then the user will be able to use input methods enabled for their user account on the sign-in page.