My understanding of the GPO description is that it disables access to control.exe
*This setting removes Control Panel from* *The Start ScreenFile Explorer* *PC settings from* *The Start ScreenSettings charm* *Account pictureSearch results* On 1 May 2014 15:07, Charles F Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Just trying to understand this fully, since it really has my interest. Do > you mean that with that GP setting in place, there is no way to get to the > Control Panel, or just not via the Charms? For example, if you right click > on the Start Button and choose it that way. > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:31 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes, Change PC Settings now gone (good!) - but now if I click on Control >> Panel, I get "operation cancelled due to restrictions in effect....etc." >> (bad!). Users here will be up in arms if they can't get access to change >> mouse sensitivity, accessibility options, etc. which they are used to doing >> through Control Panel. >> >> Hate to say this but Windows 8.1 just isn't really suitable for >> enterprise deployment, based on the experiences I am having here. I'd love >> to be corrected in this viewpoint though.... >> >> >> On 1 May 2014 14:25, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *James Rankin* >> --------------------- >> RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization >> Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >> > > > > -- > > Charlie Sullivan > > Sr. Windows Systems Administrator > > Boston College > > 197 Foster St. Room 367 > > Brighton, MA 02135 > > 617-552-4318 > -- *James Rankin* --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
