Prevents users from changing the desktop icons. By default, users can use the Desktop Icon Settings dialog in the Personalization ...

Prevents users from changing the desktop icons.

By default, users can use the Desktop Icon Settings dialog in the Personalization or Display Control Panel to show, hide, or change the desktop icons.

If you enable this setting, none of the desktop icons can be changed by the user.

For systems prior to Windows Vista, this setting also hides the Desktop tab in the Display Control Panel.

Prevents users from changing the colors of links on Web pages. If you enable this policy, the color settings for links appear ... Prevents users from changing the default programs for managing schedules and contacts. If you enable this policy, the Calendar ... Prevents users from changing the default programs for messaging tasks. If you enable this policy, the E-mail, Newsgroups, ... Prevents users from changing the default Web page colors. If you enable this policy, the color settings for Web pages appear ... Prevents users from changing the desktop icons. By default, users can use the Desktop Icon Settings dialog in the Personalization ... Prevents users from changing the look of their start menu background, such as its color or accent. By default, users can ... Prevents users from changing the mouse pointers. By default, users can use the Pointers tab in the Mouse Control Panel to ... Prevents users from changing the path to their profile folders. By default, a user can change the location of their individual ... Prevents users from changing the properties of Web content items on their Active Desktop. This setting disables the Properties ...