Tag: User Configuration
Turn off toast notifications on the lock screen
This policy setting turns off toast notifications on the lock screen. If you enable this policy setting applications will not be able to raise toast notifications on the lock screen. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting toast notifications on the lock screen 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.
Report when logon server was not available during user logon
This policy controls whether the logged on user should be notified if the logon server could not be contacted during logon and he has been logged on using previously stored account information. If enabled a notification popup will be displayed to the user when the user logs on with cached credentials. If disabled or not configured no popup will be displayed to the user.
Custom User Interface
Specifies an alternate user interface. The Explorer program (%windir% -> explorer. exe) creates the familiar Windows interface but you can use this setting to specify an alternate interface. If you enable this setting the system starts the interface you specify instead of Explorer. exe. To use this setting copy your interface program to a network share or to your system drive. Then enable this setting and type the name of the interface program including the file name extension in the Shell name text box. If the interface program file is not located in a folder specified in the Path environment variable for your system enter the fully qualified path to the file. If you disable this setting or do not configure it the setting is ignored and the system displays the Explorer interface. Tip: To find the folders indicated by the Path environment variable click System Properties in Control Panel click the Advanced tab click the Environment Variables button and then in the System variables box click Path.
Turn off the Store application
Denies or allows access to the Store application. If you enable this setting access to the Store application is denied. Access to the Store is required for installing app updates. If you disable or don’t configure this setting access to the Store application is allowed.
Remove logon hours expiration warnings
This policy controls whether the logged on user should be notified when his logon hours are about to expire. By default a user is notified before logon hours expire if actions have been set to occur when the logon hours expire. If you enable this setting warnings are not displayed to the user before the logon hours expire. If you disable or do not configure this setting users receive warnings before the logon hours expire if actions have been set to occur when the logon hours expire. Note: If you configure this setting you might want to examine and appropriately configure the “Set action to take when logon hours expire” setting. If “Set action to take when logon hours expire” is disabled or not configured the “Remove logon hours expiration warnings” setting will have no effect and users receive no warnings about logon hour expiration
Set action to take when logon hours expire
This policy controls which action will be taken when the logon hours expire for the logged on user. The actions include lock the workstation disconnect the user or log the user off completely. If you choose to lock or disconnect a session the user cannot unlock the session or reconnect except during permitted logon hours. If you choose to log off a user the user cannot log on again except during permitted logon hours. If you choose to log off a user the user might lose unsaved data. If you enable this setting the system will perform the action you specify when the user’s logon hours expire. If you disable or do not configure this setting the system takes no action when the user’s logon hours expire. The user can continue the existing session but cannot log on to a new session. Note: If you configure this setting you might want to examine and appropriately configure the “Remove logon hours expiration warnings” setting
Windows Automatic Updates
This setting controls automatic updates to a user’s computer. Whenever a user connects to the Internet Windows searches for updates available for the software and hardware on their computer and automatically downloads them. This happens in the background and the user is prompted when downloaded components are ready to be installed or prior to downloading depending on their configuration. If you enable this setting it prohibits Windows from searching for updates. If you disable or do not configure it Windows searches for updates and automatically downloads them. Note: Windows Update is an online catalog customized for your computer that consists of items such as drivers critical updates Help files and Internet products that you can download to keep your computer up to date. Also see the “Remove links and access to Windows Update” setting. If the “Remove links and access to Windows Update” setting is enabled the links to Windows Update on the Start menu are also removed. Note: If you have installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 or the update to Automatic Updates that was released after Windows XP was originally shipped then you should use the new Automatic Updates settings located at: ‘Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Update’
Do not display ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option in Shut Down Windows dialog box
This policy setting allows you to manage whether the ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option is displayed in the Shut Down Windows dialog box. If you enable this policy setting ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ will not appear as a choice in the Shut Down Windows dialog box even if updates are available for installation when the user selects the Shut Down option in the Start menu. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option will be available in the Shut Down Windows dialog box if updates are available when the user selects the Shut Down option in the Start menu.
Do not adjust default option to ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ in Shut Down Windows dialog box
This policy setting allows you to manage whether the ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option is allowed to be the default choice in the Shut Down Windows dialog. If you enable this policy setting the user’s last shut down choice (Hibernate Restart etc. ) is the default option in the Shut Down Windows dialog box regardless of whether the ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option is available in the ‘What do you want the computer to do?’ list. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option will be the default option in the Shut Down Windows dialog box if updates are available for installation at the time the user selects the Shut Down option in the Start menu. Note that this policy setting has no impact if the User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update -> Do not display ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option in Shut Down Windows dialog box policy setting is enabled.
Remove access to use all Windows Update features
This setting allows you to remove access to Windows Update. If you enable this setting all Windows Update features are removed. This includes blocking access to the Windows Update Web site at http://windowsupdate. microsoft. com from the Windows Update hyperlink on the Start menu and also on the Tools menu in Internet Explorer. Windows automatic updating is also disabled; you will neither be notified about nor will you receive critical updates from Windows Update. This setting also prevents Device Manager from automatically installing driver updates from the Windows Update Web site. If enabled you can configure one of the following notification options:0 = Do not show any notificationsThis setting will remove all access to Windows Update features and no notifications will be shown. 1 = Show restart required notificationsThis setting will show notifications about restarts that are required to complete an installation. On Windows 8 and Windows RT if this policy is Enabled then only notifications related to restarts and the inability to detect updates will be shown. The notification options are not supported. Notifications on the login screen will always show up.