Otak Atik [dot] Com » Group Policy http://www.otakatik.com Empowering Computer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:06:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lock Your Taskbar Settings http://www.otakatik.com/lock-your-taskbar-settings/ http://www.otakatik.com/lock-your-taskbar-settings/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 00:32:03 +0000 Edi Kwie http://www.otakatik.com/?p=89 As you know that you can modify your taskbar as you like. Maybe this thing often overlooked by us. You need to know that in Taskbar properties, you can modify from small settings like hide clock until wipe your recent document inside Start menu. If you leave it open to every user who use your computer, maybe you’ll annoyed by them.

To lock them, we’ll using Group Policy.
1. To open Group Policy window, click Start -> Run, enter gpedit.msc then press Enter.
gpedit

2. Navigate to folder: Local Computer Policy \ User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar.
Folder tree

3. Find the Prevent changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings and by default, it has State: Not Configured.
Change value

4. To lock Taskbar properties, change its value to Enabled by double clicks it and chooses Enabled option and then click OK button.
Modify value

5. And its state will change.
New state

6. Close Group Policy window.

7. Try to open taskbar properties window by right click on taskbar and then click Properties window and if it works, you’ll see the warning message.
Warning message

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