Category: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows 2000 only

Prevents the anchor window from being displayed when Windows Media Player is in skin mode. This policy hides the anchor window when the Player is in skin mode. In addition the option on the Player tab in the Player that enables users to choose whether the anchor window displays is not available. When this policy is not configured or disabled users can show or hide the anchor window when the Player is in skin mode by using the Player tab in the Player. When this policy is not configured and the Set and Lock Skin policy is enabled some options in the anchor window are not available.

This policy setting allows you to specify the MMS proxy settings for Windows Media Player. If you enable this policy setting select one of the following proxy types:- Autodetect: the proxy settings are automatically detected. – Custom: unique proxy settings are used. If the Custom proxy type is selected the rest of the options on the Setting tab must be specified; otherwise the default settings are used. The options are ignored if Autodetect is selected. The Configure button on the Network tab in the Player is not available and the protocol cannot be configured. If the “Hide network tab” policy setting is also enabled the entire Network tab is hidden. This policy setting is ignored if the “Streaming media protocols” policy setting is enabled and Multicast is not selected. If you disable this policy setting the MMS proxy server cannot be used and users cannot configure the MMS proxy settings. If you do not configure this policy setting users can configure the MMS proxy settings.

This policy setting allows you to prevent radio station presets from being retrieved from the Internet. If you enable this policy setting the Player is prevented from automatically retrieving radio station presets from the Internet and displaying them in Media Library. In addition presets that exist before the policy is configured are not be updated and presets a user adds are not be displayed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the Player automatically retrieves radio station presets from the Internet.

This policy setting allows you to remove computers in the user’s workgroup and domain from lists of network resources in File Explorer and Network Locations. If you enable this policy setting the system removes the “Computers Near Me” option and the icons representing nearby computers from Network Locations. This policy setting also removes these icons from the Map Network Drive browser. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting computers in the user’s workgroup and domain appear in lists of network resources in File Explorer and Network Locations. This policy setting does not prevent users from connecting to computers in their workgroup or domain by other commonly used methods such as typing the share name in the Run dialog box or the Map Network Drive dialog box. To remove network computers from lists of network resources use the “No Entire Network in Network Locations” policy setting.

Prompts users for alternate logon credentials during network-based installations. This setting displays the “Install Program As Other User” dialog box even when a program is being installed from files on a network computer across a local area network connection. If you disable this setting or do not configure it this dialog box appears only when users are installing programs from local media. The “Install Program as Other User” dialog box prompts the current user for the user name and password of an administrator. 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. If the dialog box does not appear the installation proceeds with the current user’s permissions. If these permissions are not sufficient 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. Note: If it is enabled the “Do not request alternate credentials” setting takes precedence over this setting. When that setting is enabled users are not prompted for alternate logon credentials on any installation.

Limits the percentage of a volume’s disk space that can be used to store deleted files. If you enable this setting the user has a maximum amount of disk space that may be used for the Recycle Bin on their workstation. If you disable or do not configure this setting users can change the total amount of disk space used by the Recycle Bin. Note: This setting is applied to all volumes.