Lockdown Help - annoying!

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nick oconnor

The "Disable and remove links for Windows Update" group
policy setting doesn't actually remove the link from the
top of the start menu.

How can I get this to work???

Also, how can I prevent Outlook Express and IE icons from
building themselves into every user profile and putting
themselves in the start menu?

I have already tried removing them from the "All User"
and "Default User" profiles to no avail.

Any other ideas on this?
 
Hello Nick,

To start off you MUST Insure the icons are not comming from somewhere else.
Usual locations are:

- C:\Documents and Settings\Default User or C:\Winnt\Profiles\Default User
- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users or C:\Winnt\Profiles\All Users
- LogonServer\Netlogon\Default User (if the user is logging into a domain)
- a Roaming/Mandatory Profile (if the user is logging into a domain)

Once those are verified, proceed to the steps below:

To prevent the system from creating the Internet Explorer icons set the
following key to "0" (or a blank value):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}\StubPath

To prevent the system from creating the Outlook Express icons set the
following key to "0" (or a blank value):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}\StubPath

To prevent the system from creating the Outlook Address Book icons set the
following key to "0" (or a blank value):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
Components\{7790769C-0471-11d2-AF11-00C04FA35D02}\StubPath

The above do not include removal of the Internet Explorer Desktop Icon
which can be removed by a group policy. To prevent the Internet Explorer
Desktop icon from showing:
- Open gpedit.msc (Local Security Policy)
- Follow down to the path: User
Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop
- Enable the "Hide Internet Explorer icon on desktop" Policy

For more information on other methods to remove the Outlook Express icons
refer
to:
Q248789 How to Prevent Outlook Express Icons from Being Created and
Q244161 How to Remove the ICW and Outlook Express 5 Icons with the IEAK

Note that the above articles do not include references to the Internet
Explorer and Address Book icons.



Policy:Disable and remove links to Windows Update

Description:Removes the Windows Update link from the More Programs list in
Start menu, from the Tools menu in IE, and blocks user access to
windowsupdate.Microsoft.com.
Registry Value:"NoWindowsUpdate"

326686 "Windows Update Was Disabled by Your System Administrator" Error
Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326686

Thank You.

Diana.


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