Category: At least Windows Vista

Specifies whether Digital Locker can run. Digital Locker is a dedicated download manager associated with Windows Marketplace and a feature of Windows that can be used to manage and download products acquired and stored in the user’s Windows Marketplace Digital Locker. If you enable this setting Digital Locker will not run. If you disable or do not configure this setting Digital Locker can be run.

Windows has a feature that sends “generic-driver-installed” reports through the Windows Error Reporting infrastructure. This policy allows you to disable the feature. If you enable this policy setting an error report is not sent when a generic driver is installed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting an error report is sent when a generic driver is installed.

This policy setting allows you to turn off “Found New Hardware” balloons during device installation. If you enable this policy setting “Found New Hardware” balloons do not appear while a device is being installed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting “Found New Hardware” balloons appear while a device is being installed unless the driver for the device suppresses the balloons.

This policy setting allows you to specify a list of device setup class globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) for device drivers that Windows is allowed to install. Use this policy setting only when the “Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings” policy setting is enabled. Other policy settings that prevent device installation take precedence over this one. If you enable this policy setting Windows is allowed to install or update device drivers whose device setup class GUIDs appear in the list you create unless another policy setting specifically prevents installation (for example the “Prevent installation of devices that match these device IDs” policy setting the “Prevent installation of devices for these device classes” policy setting or the “Prevent installation of removable devices” policy setting). If you enable this policy setting on a remote desktop server the policy setting affects redirection of the specified devices from a remote desktop client to the remote desktop server. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting and no other policy setting describes the device the “Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings” policy setting determines whether the device can be installed.

This policy setting specifies a list of device setup class GUIDs describing device drivers that non-administrator members of the built-in Users group may install on the system. If you enable this policy setting members of the Users group may install new drivers for the specified device setup classes. The drivers must be signed according to Windows Driver Signing Policy or be signed by publishers already in the TrustedPublisher store. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting only members of the Administrators group are allowed to install new device drivers on the system.

This policy setting allows you to display a custom message to users in a notification when a device installation is attempted and a policy setting prevents the installation. If you enable this policy setting Windows displays the text you type in the Detail Text box when a policy setting prevents device installation. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows displays a default message when a policy setting prevents device installation.

This policy setting allows you to display a custom message title in a notification when a device installation is attempted and a policy setting prevents the installation. If you enable this policy setting Windows displays the text you type in the Main Text box as the title text of a notification when a policy setting prevents device installation. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows displays a default title in a notification when a policy setting prevents device installation.

This policy setting allows you to prevent the installation of devices that are not specifically described by any other policy setting. If you enable this policy setting Windows is prevented from installing or updating the device driver for any device that is not described by either the “Allow installation of devices that match any of these device IDs” or the “Allow installation of devices for these device classes” policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows is allowed to install or update the device driver for any device that is not described by the “Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device IDs” “Prevent installation of devices for these device classes” or “Prevent installation of removable devices” policy setting.

This policy setting allows you to prevent Windows from installing removable devices. A device is considered removable when the driver for the device to which it is connected indicates that the device is removable. For example a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device is reported to be removable by the drivers for the USB hub to which the device is connected. This policy setting takes precedence over any other policy setting that allows Windows to install a device. If you enable this policy setting Windows is prevented from installing removable devices and existing removable devices cannot have their drivers updated. If you enable this policy setting on a remote desktop server the policy setting affects redirection of removable devices from a remote desktop client to the remote desktop server. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows can install and update device drivers for removable devices as allowed or prevented by other policy settings.