Use Windows 7 Group Policy to "slim down" the system (2)

Screensavers are not troublesome when watching movies.

A lot of friends are used to watching movies with the Windows Media Player that comes with the system. The problem is that by default, it is very likely to run screensavers when playing movies. More disappointing! Although the screen saver can be disabled in the Windows Media Player options menu, you can disable it completely with Group Policy settings!

Expand User Configuration→Administrative Templates→Windows Components→Windows Media Player→Play ", enter "Allow running screen saver" and disable this policy. After disabling, go to “Options→Player→Player Settings” and the “Allow screen saver during playback” item has been grayed out, indicating that it has been disabled, and then want to set it, no way!

Tip: If This policy is disabled and the screen saver does not

interrupt playback even if the user selects a screen saver. Who wants to be interrupted by screensavers when they are wonderful? There is no way to insert advertisements on TV. Computers, my site, I am the master!

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Backup, restore and recovery Group Policy settings are not Error

Once the group policy is set, you can copy the group policy to use it directly after reinstalling the system. The method is very simple. All the contents of the group policy are in the directory "X:\\Windows\\System32\\GroupPolicy". Medium (X means the system disk letter), copy this directory. To restore, just copy everything back in this directory and overwrite the existing content.

To restore Group Policy to the default state, first delete the directory where the group policy is located "X:\\Windows\\System32\\GroupPolicy" (X indicates the system disk letter), and then run the command in the command prompt window. "gpupdate /force" can be, after confirmation, the group policy will be restored as soon as possible!

Hide unused strategies, the operation is more convenient

If it is a beginner to use group policy, it will definitely be The strategy of the many names in the Group Policy Editor is very big. Because you are not familiar with the specific location of each policy, you may find a policy to search for a long time in the Group Policy Editor. In this case, you only need to use the Group Policy Editor. With the "Filter" feature, you can quickly find the strategy you need.

After launching the Group Policy Editor, select a directory in the left pane, right-click, and select the "Open Filter" command in the shortcut menu that pops up, the "Open Filter" item will be checked. Right click on the same directory again and click on "Filter Options" to open the "Filter Options" dialog, select the type of policy settings to display, for example, you can select "Managed", "Configured" and "Annotated" "Other types of drop-down lists, you can also check "Enable keyword filter", filter with keyword filter, or check "Start demand filter" to filter with the required platform and application filters, very flexible . After confirmation, only the eligible policies will be displayed, and it seems much clearer.

Unlocking Group Policy Locking

To ensure system security, many friends will set up group policies on public computers to prevent the destruction of external programs, and at the same time, in order to prevent others from modifying group policies, they will be confused. The "gpedit.msc" file is also added to the program that is not allowed to execute, resulting in group policy lockup!

In fact, unlocking is easy, start the Microsoft Management Console program "mmc.exe", click " File → Open", navigate to "X:\\Windows\\System32\\gpedit.msc" (X means the system disk letter), after confirming, go to the "Local Group Policy Editor"!

Double-click the file "gpedit.msc" restricts the entry, changes the "security level" from "not allowed" to "no limit", after confirmation, the group policy lock is released!

Tip: Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Integrated with management tools that can be used to manage network, computer, service, and other system components, the Local Group Policy Editor is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in that provides a single user interface through which all local Group Policy objects are managed Settings.

Unlocking the registry lock

Internet surfing IE homepage is changed or even locked is a common thing, this can be modified by the Registry Editor (or Group Policy Editor), many friends I am used to using the Registry Editor. When I enter the Registry Editor, the dialog box "Registry Editor has been disabled by the administrator" pops up. This is generally a good thing for the virus!

Expand "Users" Configuration → Administrative Templates → System, go to “Block Access to Registry Editing Tool” and disable this policy.

Running the Registry Editor again, the familiar interface finally appears again.

Tip: In order to prevent malicious programs from modifying the system settings, it is best to use the User account to enter and use the system.