Prevent loading of System Policies when logging on to network
21 February 2003 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback OffSystem Policies is an easy way to hide / lock options to keep the users from
rendering the computer useless. The System Policies are configured
a central place and are applied when the user logon to the network (They have been replaced with Group Policies).
One can configure whether a machine should apply the System Policies with this DWORD :
Note there is an urban legend that setting the value to 0 will make your explorer refresh the folder contents more often. But setting the value to 0 won't do much harm, so it is a pretty harmless legend.
More Info MS KB Q168231
More Info MS KB Q274478
One can configure whether a machine should apply the System Policies with this DWORD :
This option makes it possible to logon to the local machine, set the registry key not to load the system policies and then logon to the network without being restricted.0 = Disabled
1 = Automatically search for policy file ntconfig.pol in the Netlogon share
2 = Manual specifying the location of the policy file using NetworkPath value
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \System \CurrentControlSet \Control \Update]
UpdateMode = 0 (Default = 1)
Note there is an urban legend that setting the value to 0 will make your explorer refresh the folder contents more often. But setting the value to 0 won't do much harm, so it is a pretty harmless legend.
More Info MS KB Q168231
More Info MS KB Q274478
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76aUpdated: 5 October 2007