Windows XP Tips: Play around registry-More Options

Launch Regedit and go to the following Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER /Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Policies Under this key, there will definitely be a key named explorer. Now under this explorer key we can create new DWORD values and modify it's value to 1 in order to impose the restriction. If you want to remove the Restriction, then you can simply  delete the respective DWORD values  or instead change their values to 0.

 The following is a list of DWORD values that can be created under the Explorer Key: 

NoDeletePrinter: Disables Deletion of already installed Printers  

NoAddPrinter: Disables Addition of new Printers  

NoRun : Disables or hides the Run Command  

NoSetFolders:  Removes  Folders  from  the  Settings  option  on  Start  Menu  (Control Panel, Printers, Taskbar)  

NoSetTaskbar:  Removes  Taskbar  system  folder  from  the  Settings  option  on  Start Menu  

NoFind: Removes the Find Tool (Start >Find)  

NoDrives: Hides and does not display any Drives in My Computer  

NoNetHood: Hides or removes the Network Neighborhood icon from the desktop  

NoDesktop:  Hides  all  items  including,  file,  folders  and  system  folders  from  the Desktop  

NoClose:  Disables  Shutdown  and  prevents  the  user  from  normally  shutting  down Windows. 

NoSaveSettings: Means to say, 'Don't save settings on exit'  DisableRegistryTools: Disable Registry Editing Tools (If you disable this option, the Windows Registry Editor(regedit.exe) too will not work.)  

NoRecentDocsHistory:  Removes  Recent  Document  system  folder  from  the  Start Menu (IE 4 and above)  

ClearRecentDocsOnExit: Clears the Recent Documents system folder on Exit.  

Nolnternetlcon: Removes the Internet (system folder) icon from the Desktop  

Now create a new key and name it System. Under this new key, system we can create the following new DWORD values  

NODispCPL: Hides Control Panel  

NoDispBackgroundPage: Hides Background page.  

NoDispScrsavPage: Hides Screen Saver Page  

NoDispAppearancePage: Hides Appearance Page  

NoDispSettingsPage: Hides Settings Page  

NoSecCPL: Disables Password Control Panel  

NoPwdPage: Hides Password Change Page  

NoAdminPaqe: Hides Remote Administration Page  

NoProfilePage: Hides User Profiles Page  

NoDevMgrPage: Hides Device Manager Page  

NoConfigPage: Hides Hardware Profiles Page 

NoFileSysPage: Hides File System Button  

NoVirtMemPage: Hides Virtual Memory Button  

Similarly, if  we create a  new subkey named Network, we can add the following DWORD values under it: 

NoNetSetupSecurityPage: Hides Network Security Page  

NoNelSetup: Hides or disables the Network option in the Control Panel  

NoNetSetupIDPage: Hides the Identification Page  

NoNetSetupSecurityPage: Hides the Access Control Page  

NoFileSharingControl: Disables File Sharing Controls  

NoPrintSharing: Disables Print Sharing Controls. 

"Windows XP Tips: Play around registry-More Options"

Reference : techpraveen.com