HELP! disable quiklaunch type buttons on laptops!

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Mike Stantz

Haven't gotten anywhere with HP.



So, I am wondering if this may be a OS/kernel level thing in XP.



IE. those "QuickLaunch" type buttons often found on laptops - ones
that control sound, monitor switching, and (the most unfortunately of
them all) - wireless on/off.



In an enterprise wireless environment, having the user be able to turn
this on/off, because they are curious or clumsy, is a big problem. I'm
trying to disable these things.



I can not load "QuickLaunch" at startup. I've in fact disabled all
drivers loaded at startup that I can find (msconfig / startup / disable
all) - to no avail.



One an older laptop hardware standard we had - I was in fact able to do
this - I believe it was in the BIOS. Not with this one - HP nx6125.



Does anyone know what process/driver monitors this interrupt? Is there
anything I can disable in the registry to prevent this from happening?
I want the wireless to always be ON, just not being able to be toggled
via this button! Nothing in device drivers either that I can see.



Don't know if this is the right forum or not - if not, sorry.





Mike
 
If you are talking about the icons to the far right on the Taskbar, that is the TaskBar System Tray and/or Notification area. The items next (normally) to the Start button on the far left is the Quick Launch.

If you mean the System Tray buttons, you can turn them off by using the Start Menu | Properties | Taskbar Tab, Hide Inactive Icons | Customize at the bottom of the window. You can go thru the list and force everything to Always Hide.

However, this only pertains to processes that support the Inactive Icon setting, the next reboot (or patch/update), may change this.

You could probably create a script that is run at every user logon, that resets all icons to hide.
Haven't gotten anywhere with HP.



So, I am wondering if this may be a OS/kernel level thing in XP.



IE. those "QuickLaunch" type buttons often found on laptops - ones that control sound, monitor switching, and (the most unfortunately of them all) - wireless on/off.



In an enterprise wireless environment, having the user be able to turn this on/off, because they are curious or clumsy, is a big problem. I'm trying to disable these things.



I can not load "QuickLaunch" at startup. I've in fact disabled all drivers loaded at startup that I can find (msconfig / startup / disable all) - to no avail.



One an older laptop hardware standard we had - I was in fact able to do this - I believe it was in the BIOS. Not with this one - HP nx6125.



Does anyone know what process/driver monitors this interrupt? Is there anything I can disable in the registry to prevent this from happening? I want the wireless to always be ON, just not being able to be toggled via this button! Nothing in device drivers either that I can see.



Don't know if this is the right forum or not - if not, sorry.





Mike
 
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