Start Menu and Taskbar Restrictions
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1. Disable Menu Bars and the Start
Button(Windows
95/98/Me/2000/XP)
This tweak can be used
to disable the menu bar in standard Windows applications and the Start
Button.
Rename the key by placing a dash "-" in front of the GUID (i.e.
{-5b4dae26-b807-11d0-9815-00c04fd91972}).
| Settings: | | System Key:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5b4dae26-b807-11d0-9815-00c04fd91972}] |
2. Hide or Display Administrative Tools
Menu (Windows
2000/XP/Vista/Window 7)
As with Windows NT,
Windows 2000 has an 'Administrative Tools' folder on the Start Menu. This folder
contains powerful administration utilities and therefore can be hidden to avoid
accidental use.
Open your registry and find the key mentioned below.
Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, named
'StartMenuAdminTools'. Modify the value to equal 'YES' to show the
administrative tools folder or 'NO' to hide it.
| Settings: | User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
| | Name:
StartMenuAdminTools | | Type: REG_SZ
(String Value) | | Value: Yes or
No |
3. Remove the Windows Security on Start
Menu (Windows Terminal
Server)
This setting is used to
hide the Windows NT Security menu item on the Start Menu of a terminal server
session.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoNtSecurity'
using the settings below.
| Settings: | | User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] | | System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] | | Name:
NoNtSecurity | | Type: REG_DWORD
(DWORD Value) | | Value: (0 =
display, 1 = remove) |
4. Remove the Ability to Right Click on the
Start Button (All Windows)
Usually when a user
right clicks on the start button they are able to select Open, Explore or Find.
Use this tweak to remove these options and secure your desktop.
Open your Registry and find the key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
then rename it from 'shell' to 'shell.old'.
Do the same with the key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell] and rename it to
[...\shell.old].
Once complete the two original keys should now be called
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell.old] and [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell.old]
respectively.
Now when you right click on the start button, you should no longer be given
the option to Open, Explore or Find.
5. Hide Control Panel, Printer and Network
Settings (All Windows)
This restriction
removes the Control Panel, Printers and Network Connection settings from the
Start menu. If the Taskbar settings are also hidden it causes the Settings menu
to be completely removed.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'NoSetFolders'
and edit the value according to the settings below.
| Settings: | | User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] | | System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] | | Name:
NoSetFolders | | Type: REG_DWORD
(DWORD Value) | | Value: (0 =
disabled, 1 = enabled) |
6. Hide the Taskbar Settings on the Start
Menu (All
Windows)
This restriction
removes the Taskbar and Start Menu item from the Control Panel, and it also
removes the Properties item from the Start menu context menu.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoSetTaskbar'
using the settings below.
| Settings: | | User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] | System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
| | Name:
NoSetTaskbar | Type: REG_DWORD
(DWORD Value)
| | Value: (0 =
disabled, 1 = enabled) |
7. Remove Common Program Groups from Start
Menu (All
Windows)
Disables the display of
common groups when the user selects Programs from the Start menu.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoCommonGroups'
using the settings below. | Settings: | | User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] | | System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] | | Name:
NoCommonGroups | | Type: REG_DWORD
(DWORD Value) | Value: (0 =
disabled, 1 = enabled
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