Tag: User Configuration
Turn off notifications network usage
This policy setting blocks applications from using the network to send notifications to update tiles tile badges toast or raw notifications. This policy setting turns off the connection between Windows and the Windows Push Notification Service (WNS). This policy setting also stops applications from being able to poll application services to update tiles. If you enable this policy setting applications and system features will not be able receive notifications from the network from WNS or via notification polling APIs. If you enable this policy setting notifications can still be raised by applications running on the machine via local API calls from within the application. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the client computer will connect to WNS at user login and applications will be allowed to poll for tile notification updates in the background. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.
Turn off Quiet Hours
This policy setting turns off Quiet Hours functionality. If you enable this policy setting toast notifications will not be suppressed and some background tasks will not be deferred during the designated Quiet Hours time window each day. If you disable this policy setting toast notifications will be suppressed and some background task deferred during the designated Quiet Hours time window. Users will not be able to change this or any other Quiet Hours settings. If you do not configure this policy setting Quiet Hours are enabled by default but can be turned off or by the administrator or user.
Set the time Quiet Hours begins each day
This policy setting specifies the number of minutes after midnight (local time) that Quiet Hours is to begin each day. If you enable this policy setting the specified time will be used and users will not be able to customize any Quiet Hours settings. If you disable this policy setting a default value will be used and users will not be able to change it or any other Quiet Hours setting. If you do not configure this policy setting a default value will be used which administrators and users will be able to modify.
Set the time Quiet Hours ends each day
This policy setting specifies the number of minutes after midnight (local time) that Quiet Hours is to end each day. If you enable this policy setting the specified time will be used and users will not be able to customize any Quiet Hours settings. If you disable this policy setting a default value will be used and users will not be able to change it or any other Quiet Hours setting. If you do not configure this policy setting a default value will be used which administrators and users will be able to modify.
Turn off calls during Quiet Hours
This policy setting blocks voice and video calls during Quiet Hours. If you enable this policy setting voice and video calls will be blocked during the designated Quiet Hours time window each day and users will not be able to customize any other Quiet Hours settings. If you disable this policy setting voice and video calls will be allowed during Quiet Hours and users will not be able to customize this or any other Quiet Hours settings. If you do not configure this policy setting voice and video calls will be allowed during Quiet Hours by default. Adminstrators and users will be able to modify this setting.
Turn off the offer to update to the latest version of Windows
Enables or disables the Store offer to update to the latest version of Windows. If you enable this setting the Store application will not offer updates to the latest version of Windows. If you disable or do not configure this setting the Store application will offer updates to the latest version of Windows.
Custom Instant Search Internet search provider
Set up the menu name and URL for the custom Internet search provider. If you enable this setting the specified menu name and URL will be used for Internet searches. If you disable or not configure this setting the default Internet search provider will be used.
Specify Work Folders settings
This policy setting specifies the Work Folders server for affected users as well as whether or not users are allowed to change settings when setting up Work Folders on a domain-joined computer. If you enable this policy setting affected users user receive Work Folders settings when they sign in to a domain-joined PC. The “Work Folders URL” can specify either the URL used by the organization for Work Folders discovery or the specific URL of the file server that stores the affected users’ data. The “Force automatic setup” option specifies that Work Folders should be set up automatically without prompting users. This prevents users from choosing not to use Work Folders on the computer; it also prevents them from manually specifying the local folder in which Work Folders stores files. By default Work Folders is stored in the “%USERPROFILE% -> Work Folders” folder. If this option is not specified users must use the Work Folders Control Panel item on their computers to set up Work Folders. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured no Work Folders settings are specified for the affected users though users can manually set up Work Folders by using the Work Folders Control Panel item.
Turn off tile notifications
This policy setting turns off tile notifications. If you enable this policy setting applications and system features will not be able to update their tiles and tile badges in the Start screen. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting tile and badge notifications are enabled and can be turned off by the administrator or user. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.
Turn off toast notifications
This policy setting turns off toast notifications for applications. If you enable this policy setting applications will not be able to raise toast notifications. Note that this policy does not affect taskbar notification balloons. Note that Windows system features are not affected by this policy. You must enable/disable system features individually to stop their ability to raise toast notifications. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting toast notifications are enabled and can be turned off by the administrator or user. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.