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Many times people access our system and change our customized
settings here and there. Wouldn't it be great if we can restrict them to
change the settings and other things like restrict from changing Folder
Options, Taskbar settings, Desktop settings, etc.
Today in this tutorial, we'll share a list of some important and
useful restrictions, which can be put in Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003,
Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
STEP 1: Open Registry Editor
All restrictions are based on Registry editing. So you'll need to open Registry Editor by providing
regedit command in RUN or Start menu Search box and press Enter. After that go to the registry key mentioned in step 2.
STEP 2: Create Registry Key
Once you are in Registry Editor. Go to following keys and create or modify required DWORD value as mentioned below:
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1. Restricting Desktop Properties
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System
Create new DWORD
NoDispCPL and set its value to
1
If you want to restrict any particular tab in Desktop Properties like
Themes, Screen Saver, etc, you can take help of following tutorial:
How to Enable / Disable Changing Themes, Wallpapers, Screen Savers and Other Settings
Also check:
How to Restrict Users from Changing Desktop Wallpaper in Windows?
2. Restricting Taskbar Properties
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoSetTaskbar and set its value to
1
3. Restricting System Properties
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoPropertiesMyComputer and set its value to
1
4. Restricting Folder Options
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoFolderOptions and set its value to
1
5. Restricting Registry Editor
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System
Create new DWORD
DisableRegistryTools and set its value to
1
6. Restricting Task Manager
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System
Create new DWORD
DisableTaskMgr and set its value to
1
7. Restricting Control Panel
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoControlPanel and set its value to
1
Also check following tutorial:
How to Hide / Show Specific Control Panel Applets / Icons in Windows?
8. Restricting Command Prompt
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Create new DWORD
DisableCMD and set its value to
2
9. Restricting Locking/Unlocking of Taskbar
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
LockTaskbar and set its value to
1
10. Restricting right-click on Taskbar
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoTrayContextMenu and set its value to
1
11. Restricting Toolbars in Taskbar
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoToolbarsOnTaskbar and set its value to
1
12. Restricting drag-and-drop and right-click in Start Menu
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoChangeStartMenu and set its value to
1
13. Restricting RUN in Start Menu
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoRun and set its value to
1
14. Restricting Shut Down, Restart, Sleep and Hibernate commands
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoClose and set its value to
1
15. Restricting Log off in Start Menu
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
StartMenuLogOff and set its value to
1
16. Restricting Active Desktop Feature
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoActiveDesktop and set its value to
1
17. Restricting adding/removing items to/from Toolbars
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoToolbarCustomize and set its value to
1
18. Restricting adding/removing Toolbars
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoBandCustomize and set its value to
1
19. Restricting Autorun Feature
Visit following tutorial:
How to Disable Autorun Functionality in Windows Using Registry Editor?
20. Restricting notification at low disk space
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
Create new DWORD
NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and set its value to
1
21. Restricting Writing to USB Drives
Go to following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current Control Set\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
Create new DWORD
WriteProtect and set its value to
1
Also check following tutorial:
How to Disable / Restrict Use of USB Storage Devices in Windows?
22. Restricting "New" option in context menu
Go to following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenu Handlers\New
And delete the value of
Default, e.g., empty it.
Also check:
How to Enable / Disable "New -> Shortcut" in Windows XP, Vista and 7 Context Menu?
23. Restricting "Send To" option in context menu
Go to following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenu Handlers\Send To
And delete the value of
Default, e.g., empty it.
24. Restricting any desired application
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun
Create new String value with any name, like
1 and set its value to the desired program's EXE file.
e.g., If you want to restrict msconfig, then create a String value
1 and set its value to
msconfig.exe. If you want to restrict more programs, simply create more String values with names
2,
3 and so on and set their values to the program's exe file.
25. Restricting Drives in My Computer
Go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
In right-side pane, create new DWORD
NoViewOnDrive and change its value as following:
3 : To Restrict A and B drives only.
4 : To Restrict C drive only.
7 : To Restrict A, B, and C drives only.
8 : To Restrict D drive only.
F : To Restrict A, B, C, and D drives only.
03FFFFFF : To Restrict all drives.
If you want more specific restrictions, like you want to restrict a
combination of drives, you can use decimal no. instead of hexadecimal
no. Following is a list for all drives decimal no.:
A: 1
B: 2
C: 4
D: 8
E: 16
F: 32
G: 64
H: 128
I: 256
J: 512
K: 1024
L: 2048
M: 4096
N: 8192
O: 16384
P: 32768
Q: 65536
R: 131072
S: 262144
T: 524288
U: 1048576
V: 2097152
W: 4194304
X: 8388608
Y: 16777216
Z: 33554432
ALL: 67108863
So if you want to disable a combination of drives, just sum their numbers and give the same value to
NoViewOnDrive. e.g., for restricting C, D, E and F drives, give the value: 4+8+16+32 = 60
PS: You can also hide the drives using
NoDrives DWORD value. The location and its value remain same as the above trick.
Also check:
How to Restrict / Hide / Remove Drives in Windows Explorer?
26. Restricting Settings and Options in Internet Explorer Web Browser
Check out following topics to restrict users from changing homepage and various settings in Internet Explorer:
How to Restrict Users from Changing Internet Explorer Homepage Settings?
How to Disable Options, Disable Tabs in Internet Explorer's Internet Options Dialog Box?
27. Restricting Desired Key in Keyboard or Changing Key Action
Check out following tutorial to customize any key behavior or disable a key permanently:
Customize or Disable Any Key in Your Keyboard Using SharpKeys
28. Restricting "Always use selected program to open this kind of file" Option in Open With Dialog Box?
Check out following tutorial to disable the "Always use selected
program to open this kind of file" checkbox which appears in "Open With"
dialog box:
How to Disable "Always use selected program to open this file" Option in Open With Dialog Box?
29. Restricting "Switch User" Option in Windows Vista and 7
Visit following article to learn how to disable "Switch User" option in Windows:
How to Disable "Switch User" Option in Windows Vista and 7?
30. Restricting Settings, Downloads, Bookmarks, etc in Mozilla Firefox
Check out following topic to restrict users from changing options, adding bookmarks, downloading files, etc in Mozilla Firefox:
How to Set Restrictions in Mozilla Firefox?
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NOTE: If you want to remove a restriction, simply
delete the new DWORD which you created to set the restriction or change
its value to
0.
OK guys! That's all for now. Above were some common restrictions
which you might want to implement in your computer system. If you want
to know about any specific restriction, please let me know in your
comment.
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