The only problem is, I think this also disables all Control Panel items, which I don't want to do....one step forward, two back :-(
On 1 May 2014 14:24, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- *James Rankin* --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
