Web User - UK (2019-05-29)

Workshop 2

54 29 May - 11 June 2019

Stop people messing with

your PC’s settings

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Click‘Addto List’^1 and the option appears above.^2

You can add more pagesto blockat thisstage, ifyou

wish. Whenyou’ve finished, click the ‘Save settings’

button.^3 If theWindowsSettings app is open, it will now

close.Reopen it and the pageyou’ve chosento hide will

no longer appear in the list of options.^4

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To remove a setting from theWindowsSettings app using

Windows10 Settings Blocker, click the‘Addto list’ button.

(^1) From the drop-down menu, find the settingyou want
to block. Most are organisedbyoption, then submenu – so,
to remove Background from thePersonalisation options,for
example,you needto choose ‘personalization-background’.^2
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Not all the options are organised quite so logically.
The System options,for example, don’t appear under
a ‘system’ heading.You’ll find thesetools listed under
theirown names(such as‘about’).^1
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To temporarilyswitch an option back on,remove the tick
in the box nextto it^1 and click the ‘Save settings’ button
again.^2 To hide it again,reinsert the tick.You can also
right-click an option and choose Enable or Disable^3 to
perform the same task.
T
here’s somethinguniquely infuriating about booting up
your PC and finding someone’s switched your wallpaper,
changed your mouse sensitivity or generally
mucked aboutwith your settings. At best, you’ll have
to spendvaluable time putting everything back how
you like it: at worst, you may never find the Settings
appoption orControl Panel setting they’ve tweaked.
Windows 10 Settings Blocker is a handy portable
program that letsyou lock down all the Settings app
andControlPanel tools you want. You caneven
block access completely.The software’s
homepage has someconfusing ads, so ifyou
can’t find the authentic download button,bit.ly/
sbldl4 76 will takeyou straightto the download.
Windows10 Settings Blocker:bit.ly/setbl476 | 20 mins | 7 (ControlPanel only), 8, 10
AndyShawsays
If you’drather not download software, you can
block changesto settings via theRegistry.
PressWindows+R, typeregeditand press
Enter. Goto: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Right-click in the window on the right and
choose New, thenDWORD (32-bit)Value. Call
itNoControlPaneland press Enter. Double-
click it and change thevalue from 0to 1. To
rescind the block, change the 1 backto a 0.
EXPERT TIP
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