Miscellaneous settings

Not available in Windows NT!

The Miscellaneous security settings section gives you the following options:

Hide File-Menu: To show or hide the File-Menu on the top left corner of almost every Window.

Disable password caching: Use this option when you want to make sure that Windows doesn't store your passwords anywhere, which is a major security hazard.

Disable Taskbar Properties: Use this option to remove the Taskbar and Settings folder in Start -> Settings. It will also disable "properties" line in the pop-up menu you'll get when you right-click the taskbar.

Hide context menu in Start Menu: By using this option you can remove the users option to see a context menu when they right-click somewhere in the Start Menu.


The Logon section gives you the following options:

Clear last user at logon: The last person’s username that logged on will be erased and the field will be empty every time the system restarts.

Force password entry: If using this option the user if forced to enter a password to login. It is not possible to use the Escape key to skip the logon process.

Logon automatically at system start-up: This option makes it possible for Windows to logon automatically every time your computer restarts. Simply check this box and enter your username and password. Remember that the password are written in the registry in clear text so that anyone with access to it can see your password. After a mail from a user saying that the Auto logon feature worked fine for him, I have decided to put this option back on ItweakU. I can’t guarantee that the option will work on all computers since it doesn’t work properly on mine.


In the Practical security settings you can change the following settings:

Disable "Add Printer": By using this option you can prevent users from adding printers.

Disable "Remove Printer": By using this option you can prevent users from removing printers.

Hide floppy drive in MS Explorer: By using this option you can hide the A drive in the explorer.

Hide all drives in MS Explorer, except C: With this option you can hide all the drives but C:, so that users can't access them.

Hide Taskbar Menu on right-click: By using this option, no menu will appear when a user right-clicks on the taskbar.

Hide Desktop Menu on right-click: By using this option, no menu will appear when a user right-clicks on the desktop.

Clear Desktop of all icons: When you use this option the desktop will be completely empty. It is also impossible to create new shortcuts there.

Hide "File and printer sharing": By using this option you can hide the "File and printer sharing" button in Network properties.


In the Restrict registry access field you can do the following:

Prevent users from running Regedit: Check this box to prevent users from running Regedit. If someone tries to run regedit in some way they receive a message that the option to run Regedit has been locked. You can still run Regedit from ItweakU's menu Tools -> Regedit.