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Removing Run Command in WinXP Pro

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by daddy123

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Hello Everyone,
I have Windows XP Professional systems on a NT4.0 network. I need to remove the run command from the start menu of the users. I have it removed through the user's logon script on the NT server, which works fine with Win98 comps. butdoes not affect 2000 and XP for some reason. I go into MMC(Microsoft Managemnt Console), go into: "Console Root\Local computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar" and then I ENABLE - "Remove Run Menu from Start Menu", Logged on as Administrator of local machine and then of the Domain; save settings, restart, recheck settings(still enabled) and the "Run Command" is still there no matter who logs on. Any ideas?
I also am trying to disable the Control Panelfor users but NOT Administrator.
Any help would be Greatly Appreciated.

Thank You

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by bughunter

Go to www.winguides.com for help on registry hacks

Remove Run from the Start Menu
Removes the ability to launch commands or processes from the Start menu by removing the Run option. Open your registry and find or create the key below. Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "NoRun" and set it according to the value data below.
0 = disabled, 1 = enabled

Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: NoRun
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Disable Control Panel
This setting allows you to restrict user access to the Control Panel options and settings.
Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoControlPanel' set the value to equal '1' to enable the restriction.

Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: NoControlPanel
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable restriction, 1 = enable restriction)

by ja_seaton

I don't know enough about it off the top of my head, so I can't walk you through it, but how about using local group policy. I use group policy on one of my domains to do the same thing. Just do a KB search for local group policy.

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