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Group Policy Essentials

I have recently developed a Windows 7 Group policy for our network. Unfortunately i have to say it was an absolute nightmare. But i hope this page will make some of the nightmare settings to lock down windows 7 easier for you to deploy as i spent stupid amounts of hours sorting it out.

The Items that i found most difficulty in sorting when developing my group policy where the following::

• Remove the network icon from the navigation pane in explorer.
• Remove the Libraries Folders from the navigation pan in explorer
• Remove the uninstall or change a program button from the explorer menu
• Stop Win 7 prompting for privileges to install a network printer

Remove the Uninstall or Change a program button from the Windows Explorer menu

If you wish to remove the button shown below follow these instructions:

• On your server, open up group policy management
• Create or edit a new policy under the organisation unit you wish it to deploy to.
• expand User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Control Panel - Programs
• Select and enable the item named "Hide the programs control panel as shown in the picture below.