I work for a school system, and we have a bunch of "enterprising" young kids. Even though I have set up strict policies using our ZenWorks server, they have found out that some of the icons in the system tray that allow the ZenWorks server to do its thing, also give them access to Windows Explorer, which is supposed to be inaccessable by regular means. My dream would be to have a reghack that would hide all systray icons. Or, a hack that would remove the taskbar, start menu, and all, and just put a shortcut for logging off on the desktop. (They can't right-click anywhere, so they wouldn't be able to alter the shortcut properties). Any help would be much appreciated.
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Need help with hiding system tray
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279771 - Description of Notification Area Settings
292504 - Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP
Policy
isable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu settings
Description:Removes the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the Control
Panel, and removes the Properties item from the Start menu (and button)
context menu.
Registry Value:"NoSetTaskbar"
292504 - Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP
Policy
isable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu settingsDescription:Removes the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the Control
Panel, and removes the Properties item from the Start menu (and button)
context menu.
Registry Value:"NoSetTaskbar"
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Thank you for the responses. I am an MCP in 2000 pro and server, so I am very familiar with Group Policies. In fact, Novell ZenWorks uses Group Policies as one of its control methods. There are no options for hiding the start menu completely, nor are there any options for hiding just the system tray. Here is a brief rundown of some of the security I have enabled:
- no right-click, anywhere
- no "All Programs" in start menu (reghack)
- no access to any program, accept what is placed on the desktop (this is possible through the careful setting of various policies that block access to windows explorer
- no access to a, c, and d drives (tweakui, although this doesn't work all of the time)
- no My computer, Network Places, IE, Recycle bin, My Documents, etc. on the desktop (they only have one icon on the desktop, and that is AutoCad2004)
- If they did gain access to the control panel, or IE, all CP modules have been hidden, and Tools menu in IE is hidden
The list goes on, but you can see how we have tried to make the computers AutoCad workstations only. But, in order for most of these policies to work, ZenWorks must be running, and they can double-click on the systray icon for ZenWorks, and access a browser. I just want to stop their access to everything except Autocad, which is on the desktop.
Thank you very much for such quick responses. I really appreciate the great support that I get from the members of this website.
- no right-click, anywhere
- no "All Programs" in start menu (reghack)
- no access to any program, accept what is placed on the desktop (this is possible through the careful setting of various policies that block access to windows explorer
- no access to a, c, and d drives (tweakui, although this doesn't work all of the time)
- no My computer, Network Places, IE, Recycle bin, My Documents, etc. on the desktop (they only have one icon on the desktop, and that is AutoCad2004)
- If they did gain access to the control panel, or IE, all CP modules have been hidden, and Tools menu in IE is hidden
The list goes on, but you can see how we have tried to make the computers AutoCad workstations only. But, in order for most of these policies to work, ZenWorks must be running, and they can double-click on the systray icon for ZenWorks, and access a browser. I just want to stop their access to everything except Autocad, which is on the desktop.
Thank you very much for such quick responses. I really appreciate the great support that I get from the members of this website.
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Found the answer. Who says dreams don't come true.
In another thread, somebody mentioned I went there and found a reghack that hides all icons in the systray. They still run but you can't see them (I know because my GroupWise Startup will run in the systray, and it still worked). So here is the reghack for XP:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=dword:00000000 = dispaly icons
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=dword:00000001 = hide icons
Thank you all again.
In another thread, somebody mentioned I went there and found a reghack that hides all icons in the systray. They still run but you can't see them (I know because my GroupWise Startup will run in the systray, and it still worked). So here is the reghack for XP:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=dword:00000000 = dispaly icons
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=dword:00000001 = hide icons
Thank you all again.
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