Category: Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Turn off Touch Panning

Turn off Panning Turns off touch panning which allows users pan inside windows by touch. On a compatible PC with a touch digitizer by default users are able to scroll or pan inside a scrolling area by dragging up or down directly on the scrolling content. If you enable this setting the user will not be able to pan windows by touch. If you disable this setting the user can pan windows by touch. If you do not configure this setting Touch Panning is on by default. Note: Changes to this setting will not take effect until the user logs off.

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Turn off Touch Panning

Turn off Panning Turns off touch panning which allows users pan inside windows by touch. On a compatible PC with a touch digitizer by default users are able to scroll or pan inside a scrolling area by dragging up or down directly on the scrolling content. If you enable this setting the user will not be able to pan windows by touch. If you disable this setting the user can pan windows by touch. If you do not configure this setting Touch Panning is on by default. Note: Changes to this setting will not take effect until the user logs off.

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Change Start Menu power button

Set the default action of the power button on the Start menu. If you enable this setting the Start Menu will set the power button to the chosen action and not let the user change this action. If you set the button to either Sleep or Hibernate and that state is not supported on a computer then the button will fall back to Shut Down. If you disable or do not configure this setting the Start Menu power button will be set to Shut Down by default and the user can change this setting to another action.

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Remove Homegroup link from Start Menu

If you enable this policy the Start menu will not show a link to Homegroup. It also removes the homegroup item from the Start Menu options. As a result users cannot add the homegroup link to the Start Menu. If you disable or do not configure this policy users can use the Start Menu options to add or remove the homegroup link from the Start Menu.

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Add Search Internet link to Start Menu

If you enable this policy a “Search the Internet” link is shown when the user performs a search in the start menu search box. This button launches the default browser with the search terms. If you disable this policy there will not be a “Search the Internet” link when the user performs a search in the start menu search box. If you do not configure this policy (default) there will not be a “Search the Internet” link on the start menu.

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Allow restore of system to default state

Requirements: Windows 7 Description: This policy setting controls whether users can access the options in Recovery (in Control Panel) to restore the computer to the original state or from a user-created system image. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting the items “Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer” and “Reinstall Windows” (or “Return your computer to factory condition”) appears on the “Advanced recovery methods” page of Recovery (in Control Panel) and will allow the user to restore the computer to the original state or from a user-created system image. This is the default setting. If you disable this policy setting the items “Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer” and “Reinstall Windows” (or “Return your computer to factory condition”) in Recovery (in Control Panel) will be unavailable. However with this policy setting disabled users can still restore the computer to the original state or from a user-created system image by restarting the computer and accessing the System Recovery Options menu if it is available.

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Always use custom logon background

This policy setting ignores Windows Logon Background. This policy setting may be used to make Windows give preference to a custom logon background. If you enable this policy setting the logon screen always attempts to load a custom background instead of the Windows-branded logon background. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows uses the default Windows logon background or custom background.