In this tutorial you will learn how to disable access to the Control Panel & Windows Settings step by step using Group Policy as well as Registry.

If your computer is a Office computer with many users or home shared computer, restricting access to control panel can be a good security measure to stop people messing with settings on the windows computer that you don’t want other to be messed with.

Topic Covered:
How to Disable Control Panel Using Group Policy
How to Disable Control Panel Using Registry.

Group Policy Editor Command & Path:-
• Command : gpedit.msc
• Path : User Configuration
– Control Panel
– Prohibit access to Control Panel items

Registry path & Key:-
For logged in User:
:HKEY_CURRENT_USER//Software//Microsoft//Windows//CurrentVersion//Policies//Explorer
For Entire Computer:
:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE//SOFTWARE//Microsoft//Windows//CurrentVersion//Policies//Explorer
Key – DWORD (32 bit) Value – NoControlPanel
– Control Panel Enable – 0
– Control Panel Disable – 1

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