svasutin Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 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 HKLMSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRunThis 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idontwantspam Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svasutin Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 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:00000001After 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 hereThanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzöwl Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 You're mixing both HKLM and HKCU, should they not all be the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svasutin Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idontwantspam Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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