Category: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP2

This policy setting specifies whether Windows should download a list of providers for the web publishing and online ordering wizards. These wizards allow users to select from a list of companies that provide services such as online storage and photographic printing. By default Windows displays providers downloaded from a Windows website in addition to providers specified in the registry. If you enable this policy setting Windows does not download providers and only the service providers that are cached in the local registry are displayed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting a list of providers are downloaded when the user uses the web publishing or online ordering wizards. See the documentation for the web publishing and online ordering wizards for more information including details on specifying service providers in the registry.

This policy setting specifies whether the “Order Prints Online” task is available from Picture Tasks in Windows folders. The Order Prints Online Wizard is used to download a list of providers and allow users to order prints online. If you enable this policy setting the task “Order Prints Online” is removed from Picture Tasks in File Explorer folders. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the task is displayed.

This policy setting specifies whether the tasks “Publish this file to the Web” “Publish this folder to the Web” and “Publish the selected items to the Web” are available from File and Folder Tasks in Windows folders. The Web Publishing Wizard is used to download a list of providers and allow users to publish content to the web. If you enable this policy setting these tasks are removed from the File and Folder tasks in Windows folders. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the tasks are shown.

This policy setting specifies whether Windows Messenger collects anonymous information about how Windows Messenger software and service is used. With the Customer Experience Improvement program users can allow Microsoft to collect anonymous information about how the product is used. This information is used to improve the product in future releases. If you enable this policy setting Windows Messenger does not collect usage information and the user settings to enable the collection of usage information are not shown. If you disable this policy setting Windows Messenger collects anonymous usage information and the setting is not shown. If you do not configure this policy setting users have the choice to opt in and allow information to be collected.

This policy setting allows you to permit or prohibit use of the Preferences tab. When prohibited the Preferences tab does not appear when you view a preference extension in the Group Policy Management Editor window of the GPMC. The Extended and Standard tabs are unaffected and you can still create and manage preference items. If you enable this policy setting you permit use of the Preferences tab. Enabling this policy setting does not override policy settings that restrict the use of preference extensions. If you disable this policy setting you prohibit use of the Preferences tab. If you do not configure this policy setting you permit use of the Preferences tab.

This policy setting allows you to permit or prohibit use of the Services preference extension. When a preference extension is prohibited it does not appear in the Group Policy Management Editor window of the GPMC. If you enable this policy setting you permit use of the preference extension unless restricted by the “Permit use of Control Panel Settings (Computers)” policy setting. Enabling this policy setting overrides the “Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins” policy setting. If you disable this policy setting you prohibit use of the preference extension. If you do not configure this policy setting you permit use of the preference extension unless restricted by the “Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins” or “Permit use of Control Panel Settings (Computers)” policy settings.