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Answer» Hello Start/Control Panel/Ease of Access Center has all the settings... hi, patio The only settings that i can see for this is this check box here, but i am noy sure what this doe's. i did read you have to rename the utilman.exe file in the System32 folder , but in cases this doe's not work (windows vista home premium) Unfortunately, we can’t remove the button, but we can make it disabled so nobody can actually use it. Download and unzip the software, and then right-click on the setup file and choose Run as Administrator. Choosing to run it as administrator is such an important step that the software will remind you regardless. You’ll finally get to the screen where you can click the Disable button to make the button not work anymore. If you wanted to re-enable it, just run the setup again and click the Enable button. And now you’ll get this message anytime you click on the Ease of Access button. Sorry I'm not very good at adding pics inbetween text so the pics attached are relevant to each paragraph. [attachment deleted by admin]hello Quote Download and unzip the software, and then right-click on the setup file and choose Run as Administrator. I have already done this, but when you do finally set it up, it doe's not support windows vista service pack 2. Have you got a link for this software that doe's support thisAs far as I searched, it seems to be impossible to disable it in SP2.Quote from: Broni on July 06, 2009, 04:39:53 PM As far as I searched, it seems to be impossible to disable it in SP2. Well Broni, i am SURPRISED, its not a big issue but if i could have disabled it i would have, there is one thing i have not tryed yet and that is Quote from: carlrowley1 on July 06, 2009, 04:39:53 PM you have to rename the utilman.exe file in the System32 folder , but in cases this doe's not work but i will probably just leave it alone now . I did try searching ALSO, but i could not find anything also. So thanks for trying anywayI'm surprised there's no Group Policy built-in or custom .admx file to do this...You have 24 hours to find it How about less? I didn't find a Group Policy to stop it. The closest I could find through Group Policy was Software Restrictions. RESTRICTING the file C:\Windows\System32\utilman.exe stops it from being run while logged in, but not on the logon screen. However... Changing the permissions on utilman.exe works wonders! 1) Take ownership of the file first!!! VERY important!!! Make sure that you make your user account or a group that your account is a member of the owner!!! 2) Remove all permissions to the file (yes, that includes Administrators, Users, TrustedInstaller, and SYSTEM). You'll get a warning saying that nobody can access the file and only the owner can change permissions. Go ahead and click "Yes." NOTE: If there are minimal permissions that can be assigned without allowing the button to work, I'll find out shortly and edit this post. 3) Reboot. 4) Try clicking the Ease of Access button on the logon screen. 5) ?? 6) Profit! (aka: nothing happens) Now, to mass deploy something like this, you'll probably have to use a batch file containing a for loop, a list of computers in a text file, connect to \\computername\c$\windows\system32, and run a series of icacls commands against utilman.exe that would allow the domain admin to take ownership and nuke all the permissions on each utilman.exe file. EDIT: I've tried only the SYSTEM account with Read permissions, and that restores functionality to the button. Same with only Users Read and Administrators Read. So what I said still stands: NUKE 'EM ALL!!!! You might be able to get away with granting only one individual user account access, though...Quote from: killerb255 on July 08, 2009, 08:03:22 PM 1) Take ownership of the file first!!! VERY important!!! Make sure that you make your user account or a group that your account is a member of the owner!!! hello How would i do this, i have a standard aaccounthttp://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13157Quote from: Broni on July 09, 2009, 09:48:01 AM http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13157 Very interesting broni, thanks |
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