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        A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab

Section(s): Admin , Network, Administration, Admin
Published on Jul 21, 2009.
Last Modified on Mar 01, 2009.
Last Modified by Nirmal Sharma.
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This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.

You may need to prevent your users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property for security or some other reason. There is no any Group Policy setting available to disable this but you can set the permissions on the NetID.DLL file which implements the necessary functions to show this Tab on My Computer property. You need to use the steps mentioned below to do so:

Steps:

Search NetID.DLL file on the local computer.
Remove or set the following permissions to hide the Computer Tab.

Administrators - Full Control
Power Users - Read & Execute, Read
System - Full Control

The default NTFS permissions are:

Administrators - Full Control
Power Users - Read & Execute, Read
System - Full Control
Users - Read & Execute, Read

Note: You can also create a script to deploy the permissions set on NetID.DLL using the Group Policy.

About Nirmal Sharma

Nirmal is a Microsoft MVP in Directory Services and working as a Technical Architect/Consultant. He has been involved in Microsoft Technologies since 1994 and followed the progression of Microsoft Operating Systems and software. He is specialized in Directory Services, Microsoft Clustering, SQL, MOM, Exchange and Citrix. In his spare time, he likes to help others and write "internal" technical articles, white papers and tips on various Microsoft technologies. You can contact him at nirmal_sharma@mvps.org.