[SOLVED] Cool article for keeping others from messing up your Windows 7 pc

Here's a link to an article that Tweaking With Vishal posted today. It has some registry hacks for keeping other user's of your pc from messing up the way you have it set up. http://www.askvg.com/all-kinds-of-re...VG+%28AskVG%29

Appreciate the sharing, but one must always be careful when doing registry hacks.

So true, Nibs

There is one there to disable regedit - wonder how you reset that once you locked yourself out?

Also it says most of the setting go in HKEY_Current_User, which means it would only be restricted for the current login. It seems when someone else logs in the settings would be reloaded from HKEY_Users.

I haven't personally tried any of them I figured others on the forum may be interested in them. I'm the only one that uses my pc, so none of those hacks apply to me.What I got out of the article, was that it basically keep's other user's of your pc, from messing with your settings and denying them access to certain tools(i/e:registry,etc.).

Start > Run > gpedit.msc > User Configuration > Administrative Templates -> System > Prevent access to registry editing tools > Right Click > Edit.

I will note however, that messing around in there not knowing what your are doing is a good way to turn your computer into a big paperweight.

Well I have Professional and don't really plan to try it anyway but Home Premium users don't have the Group Policy Editor so they couldn't do that.

Good point - and probably good Premium users don't have access.

Personally, if possible I prefer all users to have their own machines, and not share. computers or have multiple users accounts. If multiple users do have accounts, make them limited accounts.

The thing I have against these modifications is not only are you making things difficult for others but yourself included.

I personally couldn't cope with the restrictions on my PC, even in an attempt to control someone else.

Agreed. All the more reason for each user to have their own PC. I typically disable the UAC on my machines because I know what I am installing. With other users, you lose control.