Tag: User Configuration
Prohibit changes
Prevents the user from enabling or disabling Active Desktop or changing the Active Desktop configuration. This is a comprehensive setting that locks down the configuration you establish by using other policies in this folder. This setting removes the Web tab from Display in Control Panel. As a result users cannot enable or disable Active Desktop. If Active Desktop is already enabled users cannot add remove or edit Web content or disable lock or synchronize Active Desktop components.
Disable Active Desktop
Disables Active Desktop and prevents users from enabling it. This setting prevents users from trying to enable or disable Active Desktop while a policy controls it. If you disable this setting or do not configure it Active Desktop is disabled by default but users can enable it. Note: If both the “Enable Active Desktop” setting and the “Disable Active Desktop” setting are enabled the “Disable Active Desktop” setting is ignored. If the “Turn on Classic Shell” setting (in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer) is enabled Active Desktop is disabled and both these policies are ignored.
Enable Active Desktop
Enables Active Desktop and prevents users from disabling it. This setting prevents users from trying to enable or disable Active Desktop while a policy controls it. If you disable this setting or do not configure it Active Desktop is disabled by default but users can enable it. Note: If both the “Enable Active Desktop” setting and the “Disable Active Desktop” setting are enabled the “Disable Active Desktop” setting is ignored. If the “Turn on Classic Shell” setting ( in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer) is enabled Active Desktop is disabled and both of these policies are ignored.
Remove Logoff
This policy setting disables or removes all menu items and buttons that log the user off the system. If you enable this policy setting users will not see the Log off menu item when they press Ctrl+Alt+Del. This will prevent them from logging off unless they restart or shutdown the computer or clicking Log off from the Start menu. Also see the ‘Remove Logoff on the Start Menu’ policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can see and select the Log off menu item when they press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Desktop Wallpaper
Specifies the desktop background (“wallpaper”) displayed on all users’ desktops. This setting lets you specify the wallpaper on users’ desktops and prevents users from changing the image or its presentation. The wallpaper you specify can be stored in a bitmap (*. bmp) or JPEG (*. jpg) file. To use this setting type the fully qualified path and name of the file that stores the wallpaper image. You can type a local path such as C: -> Windows -> web -> wallpaper -> home. jpg or a UNC path such as -> -> Server -> Share -> Corp. jpg. If the specified file is not available when the user logs on no wallpaper is displayed. Users cannot specify alternative wallpaper. You can also use this setting to specify that the wallpaper image be centered tiled or stretched. Users cannot change this specification. If you disable this setting or do not configure it no wallpaper is displayed. However users can select the wallpaper of their choice. Also see the “Allow only bitmapped wallpaper” in the same location and the “Prevent changing wallpaper” setting in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel. Note: This setting does not apply to remote desktop server sessions.
Allow only bitmapped wallpaper
Permits only bitmap images for wallpaper. This setting limits the desktop background (“wallpaper”) to bitmap (. bmp) files. If users select files with other image formats such as JPEG GIF PNG or HTML through the Browse button on the Desktop tab the wallpaper does not load. Files that are autoconverted to a . bmp format such as JPEG GIF and PNG can be set as Wallpaper by right-clicking the image and selecting “Set as Wallpaper”. Also see the “Desktop Wallpaper” and the “Prevent changing wallpaper” (in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Display) settings.
Disable all items
Removes Active Desktop content and prevents users from adding Active Desktop content. This setting removes all Active Desktop items from the desktop. It also removes the Web tab from Display in Control Panel. As a result users cannot add Web pages or pictures from the Internet or an intranet to the desktop. Note: This setting does not disable Active Desktop. Users can still use image formats such as JPEG and GIF for their desktop wallpaper.
Prohibit editing items
Prevents users from changing the properties of Web content items on their Active Desktop. This setting disables the Properties button on the Web tab in Display in Control Panel. Also it removes the Properties item from the menu for each item on the Active Desktop. As a result users cannot change the properties of an item such as its synchronization schedule password or display characteristics.
Prohibit deleting items
Prevents users from deleting Web content from their Active Desktop. This setting removes the Delete button from the Web tab in Display in Control Panel. As a result users can temporarily remove but not delete Web content from their Active Desktop. This setting does not prevent users from adding Web content to their Active Desktop. Also see the “Prohibit closing items” and “Disable all items” settings.
Prohibit closing items
Prevents users from removing Web content from their Active Desktop. In Active Desktop you can add items to the desktop but close them so they are not displayed. If you enable this setting items added to the desktop cannot be closed; they always appear on the desktop. This setting removes the check boxes from items on the Web tab in Display in Control Panel. Note: This setting does not prevent users from deleting items from their Active Desktop.