Saturday, March 3, 2012

All Windows: disable control panel?(Windows)

[Q] Is it possible to disable access to the Control Panel in the Start menu?

--Name not supplied

[A] Yes it is, but you need to consider your reasons for doing this. If you simply want to limit a user's access to the Control Panel then it's probably best to give the person concerned an ordinary user account without administrator rights. This will restrict the tasks that can be performed through the Control Panel but not prevent changes that will affect the user account--for example, changing passwords and setting date and time format preferences.

If you …

No comments:

Post a Comment