Tweakui

Not sure if this is the correct forum.

I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other hardrive icon
(D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the guest sign
in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it still shows under
guest.
Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open up the
drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)

Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only guests
use my `guest` log on.
Hope all this makes sense.

regards

Iceman
Sat Jun 28 12:59:25 PDT 2008

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:28:37 +0100, S wrote in message
<news:khw9k.70765$GF6.62103@newsfe27.ams2>:

> Not sure if this is the correct forum.
>
> I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other hardrive icon
> (D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the guest sign
> in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it still shows under
> guest.
> Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open up the
> drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)
>
> Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only guests
> use my `guest` log on.
> Hope all this makes sense.
>
> regards

If you have tried hiding the drive icons while logged on as Administrator,
and that doesn't work either, you might consider creating a new, limited
account (called "Visitor" or something like that), and then apply TweakUI.
If that works, use the new account for guests.

S
Sat Jun 28 14:10:51 PDT 2008

I only have 2 accounts, mine which is administrator and the other which is
guest, I have set in `administrator` to hide D drive icon which it does but
when I switch to `guest` it shows.


"Iceman" <ismand_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:28:37 +0100, S wrote in message
> <news:khw9k.70765$GF6.62103@newsfe27.ams2>:
>
>> Not sure if this is the correct forum.
>>
>> I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other hardrive
>> icon
>> (D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the guest
>> sign
>> in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it still shows
>> under
>> guest.
>> Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open up
>> the
>> drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)
>>
>> Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only
>> guests
>> use my `guest` log on.
>> Hope all this makes sense.
>>
>> regards
>
> If you have tried hiding the drive icons while logged on as Administrator,
> and that doesn't work either, you might consider creating a new, limited
> account (called "Visitor" or something like that), and then apply TweakUI.
> If that works, use the new account for guests.

David
Sat Jun 28 14:48:46 PDT 2008

Some of TweakUI's changes are on a per-user basis. You might try this:
Temporarily give the Guest account administration privileges then make the
change in TweakUI. Remove the Guest from the admin group. Restart the system and
see what happens.

"S" <virgin@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I only have 2 accounts, mine which is administrator and the other which is
>guest, I have set in `administrator` to hide D drive icon which it does but
>when I switch to `guest` it shows.
>
>
> "Iceman" <ismand_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23A3G5lV2IHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:28:37 +0100, S wrote in message
>> <news:khw9k.70765$GF6.62103@newsfe27.ams2>:
>>
>>> Not sure if this is the correct forum.
>>>
>>> I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other hardrive icon
>>> (D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the guest sign
>>> in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it still shows under
>>> guest.
>>> Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open up the
>>> drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)
>>>
>>> Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only guests
>>> use my `guest` log on.
>>> Hope all this makes sense.
>>>
>>> regards
>>
>> If you have tried hiding the drive icons while logged on as Administrator,
>> and that doesn't work either, you might consider creating a new, limited
>> account (called "Visitor" or something like that), and then apply TweakUI.
>> If that works, use the new account for guests.
>
>

Twayne
Sat Jun 28 14:58:27 PDT 2008

> I only have 2 accounts, mine which is administrator and the other
> which is guest, I have set in `administrator` to hide D drive icon
> which it does but when I switch to `guest` it shows.
>
>
> "Iceman" <ismand_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23A3G5lV2IHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:28:37 +0100, S wrote in message
>> <news:khw9k.70765$GF6.62103@newsfe27.ams2>:
>>
>>> Not sure if this is the correct forum.
>>>
>>> I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other
>>> hardrive icon
>>> (D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the
>>> guest sign
>>> in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it still
>>> shows under
>>> guest.
>>> Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open
>>> up the
>>> drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)
>>>
>>> Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only
>>> guests
>>> use my `guest` log on.
>>> Hope all this makes sense.
>>>
>>> regards
>>
>> If you have tried hiding the drive icons while logged on as
>> Administrator, and that doesn't work either, you might consider
>> creating a new, limited account (called "Visitor" or something like
>> that), and then apply TweakUI. If that works, use the new account
>> for guests.

Try giving guest admin rights, do the change, then set it back to guest
rights.

S
Sun Jun 29 00:32:51 PDT 2008


"Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
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>> I only have 2 accounts, mine which is administrator and the other
>> which is guest, I have set in `administrator` to hide D drive icon
>> which it does but when I switch to `guest` it shows.
>>
>>
>> "Iceman" <ismand_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23A3G5lV2IHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:28:37 +0100, S wrote in message
>>> <news:khw9k.70765$GF6.62103@newsfe27.ams2>:
>>>
>>>> Not sure if this is the correct forum.
>>>>
>>>> I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other
>>>> hardrive icon
>>>> (D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the
>>>> guest sign
>>>> in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it still
>>>> shows under
>>>> guest.
>>>> Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open
>>>> up the
>>>> drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only
>>>> guests
>>>> use my `guest` log on.
>>>> Hope all this makes sense.
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>
>>> If you have tried hiding the drive icons while logged on as
>>> Administrator, and that doesn't work either, you might consider
>>> creating a new, limited account (called "Visitor" or something like
>>> that), and then apply TweakUI. If that works, use the new account
>>> for guests.
>
> Try giving guest admin rights, do the change, then set it back to guest
> rights.
>
I switched off `guest` account after creating a `visitor` accout and
rebooted and did not have any icons on the desktop so could not log in. I
rebooted in safe mode and used system restore to get back in.
What did I do wrong?

Ramesh,
Mon Jun 30 02:51:55 PDT 2008

This particular setting in TweakUI you're taking about works on a per-user
account basis. If you want to apply the setting for all users, implemente
the "NoDrives" Policy under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive.

NoDrives:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nodrives+site%3Amicrosoft.com

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"S" <virgin@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:khw9k.70765$GF6.62103@newsfe27.ams2...
> Not sure if this is the correct forum.
>
> I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other hardrive icon
> (D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the guest sign
> in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it still shows
> under guest.
> Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open up the
> drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)
>
> Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only
> guests use my `guest` log on.
> Hope all this makes sense.
>
> regards
>

S
Mon Jun 30 06:32:05 PDT 2008

Ok got as far as REGEDIT........... HKCU\software\microsoft\windows\current
version\policies\explorer

But not sure how/what to change from there.

regards


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
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> This particular setting in TweakUI you're taking about works on a per-user
> account basis. If you want to apply the setting for all users, implemente
> the "NoDrives" Policy under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive.
>
> NoDrives:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nodrives+site%3Amicrosoft.com
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "S" <virgin@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:khw9k.70765$GF6.62103@newsfe27.ams2...
>> Not sure if this is the correct forum.
>>
>> I use Tweakui and one of the things I do is to hide my other hardrive
>> icon (D drive) this works fine but the other day I logged on to the
>> guest sign in and found that despite hiding the icon on my desktop it
>> still shows under guest.
>> Under guest I accessed tweakui but it then it would not let me open up
>> the drives.(so that I could change to `hide` the D drive icon)
>>
>> Is there a way around this as it kind of defeats the purpose as only
>> guests use my `guest` log on.
>> Hope all this makes sense.
>>
>> regards
>>
>
>