Just discovered Prohibit Access to PC Settings in my GPOs list....let's see if this helps, I'm assuming it was the one Jim was referring to :-)
On 1 May 2014 13:56, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Anything to close the various parts of this annoying thing off would help, > please do dig it up, cheers! > > > On 1 May 2014 13:52, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When I select ‘Change PC Settings’ I get blocked by one of my GPO’s. >> If you want to go that route let me know and I will dig in and find out >> which it is. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 1, 2014 8:48 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Disable the f**king Charms bar in Windows 8.1 >> >> >> >> >> >> But, I can still alter the proxy through Charms menu and select Settings, >> Change PC Settings, Network, Proxy, and find that the box is there to >> change it. >> >> Does your testing show different? I'd be interested to know if it was >> something peculiar to this environment. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> JR >> >> >> >> On 1 May 2014 13:39, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Right-click on the taskbar, choose properties, goto the Navigation tab. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 1, 2014 7:59 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Disable the f**king Charms bar in Windows 8.1 >> >> >> >> Does anyone know how to kill this annoyance? >> >> I've disabled the top left and top right mouse "hot corners" using the >> Registry, but if I move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the >> screen and move it up along the edge, that wretched Charms bar appears. >> >> I need to disable this because users can use the Charms bar to bypass the >> proxy, amongst other things, even though I've got all these settings locked >> down via GPO. I'd prefer to do this via a Registry setting to make sure it >> stays put. >> >> Does anyone have a way of making this damned thing go away? It's driving >> me insane as I am now spending way too much time doing the desktop UX than >> I had planned for.... >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *James Rankin* >> --------------------- >> RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization >> Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *James Rankin* >> --------------------- >> RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization >> Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >> > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > --------------------- > RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization > Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk > -- *James Rankin* --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
