Sunday, April 6, 2014

Hide the Control Panel of the Computer System to Avoid Unauthorized Chnages

Control Panel is one of the Important Options of a Computer System. Control Panel is used to control both Hardware and Software of a Computer System. Anyone can change the Settings of a Computer System using Control Panel when he/she is logged in. You may have to share your Computer with your Brothers, Sisters or Cousins. They may change the settings of your Computer System as they like. But the changes may be boring or harmful for you.

In this situation, you may hide the Control Panel from your computer's Start Menu. Then no one will be able to change the settings of your Computer System. To hide the Control Panel you have to follow the steps given below.

 Step 01  Open the Run Command Box first
Press Windows Key+R Buttons at a time to open RUN Command Box. After opening the RUN Command Box, now you have to type gpedit.msc into the Command Box and then press Enter or click on OK Button.
 Step 02  Found Control Panel and Double Click on It
After clicking on the OK Button or after pressing the Enter Button, a pop-up window will open like the image given below. Now click on  Administrative Template showing in the image under User Configuration. Now look at the right side of the window, there you will found Control Panel. Now double-click on Control Panel.
 Step 03  Double Click om Prohibit Access to the Control Panel
After double-clicking on Control Panel you will get some new options like the image given below. Now find out Prohibit Access to the Control Panel and double-click on it.
 Step 04  Click on Enabled>Apply>OK
After double clicking on Prohibit Access to the Control Panel you will get the following new pop-up window like the image given below. Now you have to click on Enabled and the click on Apply. And finally click on OK.
Now click on Start and find out Control Panel. :) Is there Control Panel anymore? May be not. Yes, you have hidden your Control Panel successfully.

Note: If you want to get back the Control Panel again then you should just follow the above steps. And need to change in the fourth step. You clicked on Enable in the fourth step. Now you need to click on Not Configured to get back your Control Panel. After clicking on Not Configured again you need to click on Apply and then OK. Thus you will get back your Control Panel again.


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