Yes, it does
On 1 May 2014 15:18, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Does it have the extra mouse and keyboard options? Does it have the new > on-screen shutdown icon on the modern Start screen? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin > *Sent:* Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:49 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Disable the f**king Charms bar in Windows 8.1 > > > > It's a brand spanking new build of 8.1 with all updates applied, so I am > assuming so.... > > > > On 1 May 2014 14:46, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is this with Update 1? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin > *Sent:* Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:31 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Disable the f**king Charms bar in Windows 8.1 > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > > *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
