Category: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
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.
Set 3G Cost
This policy setting configures the cost of 3G connections on the local machine. If this policy setting is enabled a drop-down list box presenting possible cost values will be active. Selecting one of the following values from the list will set the cost of all 3G connections on the local machine:- Unrestricted: Use of this connection is unlimited and not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints. – Fixed: Use of this connection is not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints up to a certain data limit. – Variable: This connection is costed on a per byte basis. If this policy setting is disabled or is not configured the cost of 3G connections is Fixed by default.
Set 4G Cost
This policy setting configures the cost of 4G connections on the local machine. If this policy setting is enabled a drop-down list box presenting possible cost values will be active. Selecting one of the following values from the list will set the cost of all 4G connections on the local machine:- Unrestricted: Use of this connection is unlimited and not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints. – Fixed: Use of this connection is not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints up to a certain data limit. – Variable: This connection is costed on a per byte basis. If this policy setting is disabled or is not configured the cost of 4G connections is Fixed by default.
Turn off Automatic Download of updates on Win8 machines
Enables or disables the automatic download of app updates on PCs running Windows 8. If you enable this setting the automatic download of app updates is turned off. If you disable this setting the automatic download of app updates is turned on. If you don’t configure this setting the automatic download of app updates is determined by a registry setting that the user can change using Settings in the Windows Store.
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.
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.
Set Cost
This policy setting configures the cost of Wireless LAN (WLAN) connections on the local machine. If this policy setting is enabled a drop-down list box presenting possible cost values will be active. Selecting one of the following values from the list will set the cost of all WLAN connections on the local machine:- Unrestricted: Use of this connection is unlimited and not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints. – Fixed: Use of this connection is not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints up to a certain data limit. – Variable: This connection is costed on a per byte basis. If this policy setting is disabled or is not configured the cost of Wireless LAN connections is Unrestricted by default.
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.
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.