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I have Windows XP home. I want to make the control panel unavailable to my children so they cannot reset internet options and security levels. HOW do I do this??
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Restrict the account of your children or find a program for Parental control on www.google.com
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I made their account "limited" already! but they can still access the control panel and make changes! In XP--how do you "hide" the (button, folder, or whatever ya call it) so they can't get to it?
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ms.suz said in news:[email protected]:
You'll need to start defining policies. You''ll need to be logged in as
Administrator or some other admin-level account.
- Run gpedit.msc (Group Policy Editor).
- Navigate to:
User Configuration
Administrative Templates
Control Panel
- Enable the "Prohibit access to the Control Panel" option.
Because this setting is under the "User Configuration", it applies to
whatever account you are currently logged under. So log under each of
the limited accounts and enable this option. Otherwise, you will need
to add the following registry item:
Key:
HKEY_USERS\<accountSID>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Polici
es\Explorer
Item: NoControlPanel
Value: 0 = Disable, 1 = Enable
You'll want to *enable* the disable (i.e., use a value of 1). the
<accountSID> is the long string of characters used as the security
identifier for that account. It looks like "S-1-5-21...". You'll have
to go under each account to add the NoControlPanel = 1 data item. Just
do NOT enable this disable for the Administrator or other admin-level
accounts (those in the Administrators group); else, you won't be able to
use the Control Panel, either.
The description for this option says that it prohibits running of
control.exe. However, control.exe scans for .cpl files and will display
the ones that it finds. So I don't know if restricting control.exe from
running will also restrict .cpl files from running. After enabling this
restriction policy, do a search on .cpl files and see if you can open
them separately. For example, inetcpl.cpl normally opens the Internet
Options applet.
I made their account "limited" already! but they can still access the
control panel and make changes! In XP--how do you "hide" the (button,
folder, or whatever ya call it) so they can't get to it?
You'll need to start defining policies. You''ll need to be logged in as
Administrator or some other admin-level account.
- Run gpedit.msc (Group Policy Editor).
- Navigate to:
User Configuration
Administrative Templates
Control Panel
- Enable the "Prohibit access to the Control Panel" option.
Because this setting is under the "User Configuration", it applies to
whatever account you are currently logged under. So log under each of
the limited accounts and enable this option. Otherwise, you will need
to add the following registry item:
Key:
HKEY_USERS\<accountSID>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Polici
es\Explorer
Item: NoControlPanel
Value: 0 = Disable, 1 = Enable
You'll want to *enable* the disable (i.e., use a value of 1). the
<accountSID> is the long string of characters used as the security
identifier for that account. It looks like "S-1-5-21...". You'll have
to go under each account to add the NoControlPanel = 1 data item. Just
do NOT enable this disable for the Administrator or other admin-level
accounts (those in the Administrators group); else, you won't be able to
use the Control Panel, either.
The description for this option says that it prohibits running of
control.exe. However, control.exe scans for .cpl files and will display
the ones that it finds. So I don't know if restricting control.exe from
running will also restrict .cpl files from running. After enabling this
restriction policy, do a search on .cpl files and see if you can open
them separately. For example, inetcpl.cpl normally opens the Internet
Options applet.