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Removing the systray
- Thread starter Deus420
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Not Win2k, but XP offers a fighting chance.
You can, under XP, customize the notification tray appearnce of any Icon to "never display."
As for the clock, this is a fairly trivial issue under XP, but I suspect a problematic one under Win2k.
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer
Name: NoTrayItemsDisplay
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 to Hide, 0 to unhide
To hide the clock..right click on it, goes to properties, and on the "TaskBar" Tab, deselect "Show the Clock". Or if you would like to do this via the registry..
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer
Name: HideClock
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 to Hide, 0 to unhide
You can, under XP, customize the notification tray appearnce of any Icon to "never display."
As for the clock, this is a fairly trivial issue under XP, but I suspect a problematic one under Win2k.
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer
Name: NoTrayItemsDisplay
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 to Hide, 0 to unhide
To hide the clock..right click on it, goes to properties, and on the "TaskBar" Tab, deselect "Show the Clock". Or if you would like to do this via the registry..
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer
Name: HideClock
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 to Hide, 0 to unhide
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- #3
1. Right-click an open area of the Task Bar (the gray bar along the bottom of the screen which shows the icons of the applications currently running, if any).
2. Choose Properties from the little menu that pops up.
3. In the "Taskbar & Start Menu Properties" box that appears, verify that the "General" tab is selected.
4. Place a check mark (click) in the box next to the words "Auto hide."
5. Click OK to finish the process. The Task Bar should now sink below the screen.
After the hide, prevent users from bringing up the Taskbar by preventing changes:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Right-click on the right pane, select New, and then choose Binary Value. Name the new value NoSetTaskbar. Double-click on the value and then enter 01 00 00 00 in the Value Data box. Note that this change will remove the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the Settings submenu on the Start menu in Win2K. (It will simply disable the item in Win95 and 98.) And while users will still see the Properties command on the shortcut menu that appears if they right-click on the taskbar, the command will be disabled. If you want to restore user access to the Taskbar Properties dialog box, simply change the value of the key to 00 00 00 00.
2. Choose Properties from the little menu that pops up.
3. In the "Taskbar & Start Menu Properties" box that appears, verify that the "General" tab is selected.
4. Place a check mark (click) in the box next to the words "Auto hide."
5. Click OK to finish the process. The Task Bar should now sink below the screen.
After the hide, prevent users from bringing up the Taskbar by preventing changes:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Right-click on the right pane, select New, and then choose Binary Value. Name the new value NoSetTaskbar. Double-click on the value and then enter 01 00 00 00 in the Value Data box. Note that this change will remove the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the Settings submenu on the Start menu in Win2K. (It will simply disable the item in Win95 and 98.) And while users will still see the Properties command on the shortcut menu that appears if they right-click on the taskbar, the command will be disabled. If you want to restore user access to the Taskbar Properties dialog box, simply change the value of the key to 00 00 00 00.
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- #5
We have right click disabled through a site.pol.
Just trying to disable the clock in the systray from displaying at all.
Still need them to be able to use the start menu for apps.
Machine is completely locked down other then they have found out that they can clock in,double click the clock- change the system time, and then clock out the next day
Just trying to disable the clock in the systray from displaying at all.
Still need them to be able to use the start menu for apps.
Machine is completely locked down other then they have found out that they can clock in,double click the clock- change the system time, and then clock out the next day
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