Tag: User Configuration
Do not request alternate credentials
Prevents users from submitting alternate logon credentials to install a program. This setting suppresses the “Install Program As Other User” dialog box for local and network installations. This dialog box which prompts the current user for the user name and password of an administrator appears when users who are not administrators try to install programs locally on their computers. This setting allows administrators who have logged on as regular users to install programs without logging off and logging on again using their administrator credentials. Many programs can be installed only by an administrator. If you enable this setting and a user does not have sufficient permissions to install a program the installation continues with the current user’s logon credentials. As a result the installation might fail or it might complete but not include all features. Or it might appear to complete successfully but the installed program might not operate correctly. If you disable this setting or do not configure it the “Install Program As Other User” dialog box appears whenever users install programs locally on the computer. By default users are not prompted for alternate logon credentials when installing programs from a network share. If enabled this setting overrides the “Request credentials for network installations” setting.
Remove Security tab
Removes the Security tab from File Explorer. If you enable this setting users opening the Properties dialog box for all file system objects including folders files shortcuts and drives will not be able to access the Security tab. As a result users will be able to neither change the security settings nor view a list of all users that have access to the resource in question. If you disable or do not configure this setting users will be able to access the security tab.
Remove Search button from File Explorer
This policy setting allows you to remove the Search button from the File Explorer toolbar. If you enable this policy setting the Search button is removed from the Standard Buttons toolbar that appears in File Explorer and other programs that use the File Explorer window such as My Computer and Network Locations. Enabling this policy setting does not remove the Search button or affect any search features of Internet browser windows such as the Internet Explorer window. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the Search button is available from the File Explorer toolbar. This policy setting does not affect the Search items on the File Explorer context menu or on the Start menu. To remove Search from the Start menu use the “Remove Search menu from Start menu” policy setting (in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar). To hide all context menus use the “Remove File Explorer’s default context menu” policy setting.
Remove File Explorer’s default context menu
Removes shortcut menus from the desktop and File Explorer. Shortcut menus appear when you right-click an item. If you enable this setting menus do not appear when you right-click the desktop or when you right-click the items in File Explorer. This setting does not prevent users from using other methods to issue commands available on the shortcut menus.
Prevent access to drives from My Computer
Prevents users from using My Computer to gain access to the content of selected drives. If you enable this setting users can browse the directory structure of the selected drives in My Computer or File Explorer but they cannot open folders and access the contents. Also they cannot use the Run dialog box or the Map Network Drive dialog box to view the directories on these drives. To use this setting select a drive or combination of drives from the drop-down list. To allow access to all drive directories disable this setting or select the “Do not restrict drives” option from the drop-down list. Note: The icons representing the specified drives still appear in My Computer but if users double-click the icons a message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action. Also this setting does not prevent users from using programs to access local and network drives. And it does not prevent them from using the Disk Management snap-in to view and change drive characteristics. Also see the “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” setting.
Maximum number of recent documents
“This policy setting allows you to set the maximum number of shortcuts the system can display in the Recent Items menu on the Start menu. The Recent Items menu contains shortcuts to the nonprogram files the user has most recently opened. If you enable this policy setting the system displays the number of shortcuts specified by the policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting by default the system displays shortcuts to the 10 most recently opened documents. “
Turn off caching of thumbnail pictures
This policy setting allows you to turn off caching of thumbnail pictures. If you enable this policy setting thumbnail views are not cached. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting thumbnail views are cached. Note: For shared corporate workstations or computers where security is a top concern you should enable this policy setting to turn off the thumbnail view cache because the thumbnail cache can be read by everyone.
Remove CD Burning features
This policy setting allows you to remove CD Burning features. File Explorer allows you to create and modify re-writable CDs if you have a CD writer connected to your PC. If you enable this policy setting all features in the File Explorer that allow you to use your CD writer are removed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users are able to use the File Explorer CD burning features. Note: This policy setting does not prevent users from using third-party applications to create or modify CDs using a CD writer.
Remove UI to change menu animation setting
This policy setting allows you to prevent users from enabling or disabling minor animations in the operating system for the movement of windows menus and lists. If you enable this policy setting the “Use transition effects for menus and tooltips” option in Display in Control Panel is disabled and cannot be toggled by users. Effects such as animation are designed to enhance the user’s experience but might be confusing or distracting to some users. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users are allowed to turn on or off these minor system animations using the “Use transition effects for menus and tooltips” option in Display in Control Panel.
Remove UI to change keyboard navigation indicator setting
Disables the “Hide keyboard navigation indicators until I use the ALT key” option in Display in Control Panel. When this Display Properties option is selected the underlining that indicates a keyboard shortcut character (hot key) does not appear on menus until you press ALT. Effects such as transitory underlines are designed to enhance the user’s experience but might be confusing or distracting to some users.