[K12OSN] desktop.ini

[Kevin Verheyen]

And this looks like the user key to modify

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
NoInstrumentation
REG_DWORD = (1)

Kevin

Op 12-aug-05, om 21:03 heeft Kevin Verheyen het volgende geschreven:

> This looks like the right key to adapt.
>
> Turn off user tracking
>
> Administrative Template: System
> Policy Node: USER
> Policy Path: Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar
>
> Supported On: At least Microsoft Windows 2000
>
> Help/Explain Text: Disables user tracking. This setting prevents  
> the system from tracking the programs users run, the paths they  
> navigate, and the documents they open. The system uses this  
> information to customize Windows features, such as personalized  
> menus. If you enable this setting, the system does not track these  
> user actions. The system disables customized features that require  
> user tracking information, including personalized menus. Also, see  
> the Turn off personalized menus setting.
>
> Registry Settings: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion 
> \Policies\Explorer!NoInstrumentation
>
> I'll test this puppy out to see if it works to script this.
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
> Op 12-aug-05, om 20:51 heeft Kevin Verheyen het volgende geschreven:
>
>
>> And are those steps evt. scriptable?
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> Op 12-aug-05, om 17:49 heeft Rusty Pywtorak het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Mickeysoft refers to this as 'user tracking.' Others have  
>>> referred to it
>>> as a form of spyware. Irregardless, it can be disabled by editing  
>>> the
>>> local security policy.
>>>
>>> To do this, go to an XP machine and run gpedit.msc. Then navigate
>>> through User configuration / Adminstrative Templates / Start Menu  
>>> and
>>> Taskbar. In there you will see the item "Turn off user tracking."  
>>> You
>>> want to enable it.
>>>
>>> Note that enabling the policy will not delete any existing  
>>> desktop.ini
>>> files. It merely prevents them from being created when a new  
>>> profile is
>>> generated.
>>>
>>> Also note that this setting only applies to a single PC. You  
>>> either have
>>> to make the same change at every XP machine manually or from active
>>> directory deploy a group policy object.
>>>
>>> Rusty Pywtorak
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn- 
>>> bounces at redhat.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Kevin Verheyen
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:09 PM
>>> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
>>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] desktop.ini
>>>
>>> One more question:
>>>
>>> Is there a way to prevent them from being created, without getting
>>> errors on the window$ side?
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
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