Remove the Hardware Tab (Windows 2000/XP)

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Remove the Hardware Tab (Windows 2000/XP)
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This restriction removes the hardware tab from applicable items in the Control Panel and from the local drive properties. This prevents users from changing the hardware device properties.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoHardwareTab' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
NoHardwareTab	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


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

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Name: NoHardwareTab
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = default, 1 = enable restriction)

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.

Last Modified: May 27, 2002

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