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These restrictions apply to the Add/Remove Programs feature of Control Panel. They allow you to entirely or individually disable components.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value for each restriction required according to the table below. Set the value to equal "1" to enable the restriction or "0" to disable it.

• NoAddRemovePrograms - Disable Add/Remove Programs
• NoRemovePage - Disable Change and Remove Programs
• NoAddPage - Disable Add Programs
• NoWindowsSetupPage - Disable Windows Components Wizard
• NoAddFromCDorFloppy - Hide "Add a program from CD-ROM or disk" option
• NoAddFromInternet - Hide "Add programs from Microsoft" option
• NoAddFromNetwork - Hide "Add programs from your network" option
• NoServices - Go directly to Windows Components Wizard
• NoSupportInfo - Disable Support Information

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		NoAddRemovePrograms	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoRemovePage	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoAddPage	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoWindowsSetupPage	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoAddFromCDorFloppy	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoAddFromInternet	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoAddFromNetwork	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoServices	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoSupportInfo	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uni...

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.