Category: At least Windows Vista

This policy setting prevents a user from selecting a supplemental custom locale as their user locale. The user is restricted to the set of locales that are installed with the operating system. This does not affect the selection of replacement locales. To prevent the selection of replacement locales adjust the permissions of the %windir% -> Globalization directory to prevent the installation of locales by unauthorized users. The policy setting “Restrict user locales” can also be enabled to disallow selection of a custom locale even if this policy setting is not configured. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot select a custom locale as their user locale but they can still select a replacement locale if one is installed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can select a custom locale as their user locale. If this policy setting is enabled at the machine level it cannot be disabled by a per-user policy setting. If this policy setting is disabled at the machine level the per-user policy setting will be ignored. If this policy setting is not configured at the machine level restrictions will be based on per-user policy settings. To set this policy setting on a per-user basis make sure that you do not configure the per-machine policy setting.

Manages download of game update information from Windows Metadata Services. If you enable this setting game update information will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this setting game update information will be downloaded from Windows Metadata Services.

Tracks the last play time of games in the Games folder. If you enable this setting the last played time of games will not be recorded in Games folder. This setting only affects the Games folder. If you disable or do not configure this setting the last played time will be displayed to the user.

Manages download of game box art and ratings from the Windows Metadata Services. If you enable this setting game information including box art and ratings will not be downloaded. If you disable or do not configure this setting game information will be downloaded from Windows Metadata Services.

This policy setting allows the administrator to define whether Folder Redirection should use localized names for the All Programs Startup My Music My Pictures and My Videos subfolders when redirecting the parent Start Menu and legacy My Documents folder respectively. If you enable this policy setting Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will use localized folder names for these subfolders when redirecting the Start Menu or legacy My Documents folder. If you disable or not configure this policy setting Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will use the standard English names for these subfolders when redirecting the Start Menu or legacy My Documents folder. Note: This policy is valid only on Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 when it processes a legacy redirection policy already deployed for these folders in your existing localized environment.

Symbolic links can introduce vulnerabilities in certain applications. To mitigate this issue you can selectively enable or disable the evaluation of these types of symbolic links:Local Link to a Local TargetLocal Link to a Remote TargetRemote Link to Remote TargetRemote Link to Local TargetFor further information please refer to the Windows Help sectionNOTE: If this policy is Disabled or Not Configured local administrators may select the types of symbolic links to be evaluated.