Yes, Vista Basic - why? Idk, but i picked up a client who has 2 desktops running Vista Basic. Anyway, back in XP, there was a Registry sub-Key where i could list the names of executables in both HKCU and HKLM

Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun

This sub-key appears no longer to be valid. So i'm wondering if there is a new key out there for Vista to stop running programs... The issue is, an employee at one of the terminals is playing games far too often - and they know how to add/remove programs and everyone has administrator rights

Anyway, maybe i'm just doing things wrong, or maybe it's just Vista Basic, but does anyone know how to DisallowRun in Vista?

Thank you

The registry entry ought to be the same as in any other version of vista... are you sure you put in the registry entries right? Don't forget that you need a Dword value DisallowRun set to 1 as well as the list...

hey - thanks and sorry for the delay - i don't always have access to the system :-s Anyway, here are the keys i've tried w/o success... for now, i'm testing it on my account on their 'puter. I'm assuming that extra/useless keys will be ignored by Vista.

HKLM

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DisallowRun]
"1"="Solitaire.exe"
"0"="GameConsole-wt.exe"
"2"="WinBej2-WT.exe"
"3"="Blackhawk2-WT.exe"
"4"="BlasterBall3-WT.exe"
"5"="Buildalot-WT.exe"
"6"="Fate-WT.exe"
"7"="penguins-WT.exe"
"8"="Polar-WT.exe"
"9"="golf-WT.exe"
"10"="tradewinds-WT.exe"
"12"="Virtual Villagers - The Lost Children-WT.exe"
"11"="freecell.exe"

Then for HKU ( default and the original "owner" acct ), HKCU

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies]
"DisallowRun"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"DisallowRun"=dword:00000001

After Reboots, i still can't get these to stick as the programs always seem to load and run :-s I'm thinking that perhaps Vista Basic might not include this ability - but also, i'm thinking i'm doing something not quite right here

Thanks again.

You're mixing both HKLM and HKCU, should they not all be the same?

you know, idk - i thought it should work, but i could be wrong. Tell you what, i'll try it again tonight, and tell you how it goes - if i make them both the same...

They both need to be HKCU or HKLM for it to work. Possibly both need to be HKCU - group policy settings in the registry get strange sometimes when dealing with trying to apply it to all users simultaneously.