Disable Help & Support & more..(WXP)

[POBrien]

Hi Simon,

Im on a class id binge tonight.

Tested these out on XP Pro

Drill down to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f1-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

Placing a minus sign in front of the clsd {2559a1f1-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} will stop Help and Support from executing on the Start Menu.

Here's Search

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

and Run...

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

A minus sign in front of this id will disable access to the My Documents properties.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4a7ded0a-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

This one disables access to the Display properties

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4c892621-6757-4fe0-ad8c-a6301be7fba2}

This one removes the Compatibility Tab on relevent file extensions

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}

This one removes the Color Management Tab in the display properties/settings tab/advanced button.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5DB2625A-54DF-11D0-B6C4-0800091AA605}

This one removes the Automatic Updates Tab in the System Properties.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5F327514-6C5E-4d60-8F16-D07FA08A78ED}

This one stops access to Device Manager (It does through an error message but does the job)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{74246bfc-4c96-11d0-abef-0020af6b0b7a}

This one will stop icons from being displayed in the systray (requires reboot)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{35CEC8A3-2BE6-11D2-8773-92E220524153}


Patrick