Block Windows XP "Set Program Access and Defaults"

I want to come to you now have SP2 patch for your system, I don't know if you noticed it, after the SP2 patch, in the control panel "Add" The /delete program” dialog will add an option called "Set program access and default value" as shown in Figure 1. “Set program access and defaults simplifies the process of specifying default programs for activities such as Internet surfing and sending email. In addition, users can also specify programs that can be accessed from the “Start” menu, desktop, and other locations. This function can bring great convenience to our setup program, but if you share a computer with others, then others can modify the program we set up by this function and it will bring us a lot of time. upset. If you don't like this feature, you can shield it. The effect is shown in Figure 2. You can see the difference by carefully comparing the two images.
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Method 1: Registry Method

Step 1 Click "Start” “Run”, enter in the Run dialog box“ Regedit”, press Enter to open the Registry Editor.

Step 2 Expand the following branches:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPolicies], right click on "Policies", create a new "Item" and name it "Uninstall".

Step 3 Select the newly created “uninstall”, create a new DWORD value in the window on the right, name it “NoChooseProgramsPage”, double click, and modify its numerical data to “1”” As shown in Figure 3, click the "OK" button and close the Registry Editor.

Step 4 Press “F5” Refresh, OK, now open the “Add/Remove Programs” window and see if the “Set Program Access and Defaults” option disappears. There is no trace of the film.

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Method 2: Group Policy Method

Step 1 Click "Start” “Run”, enter “GPEDIT in the Run dialog. MSC”, press Enter to open the Group Policy Editor.

Step 2 Expand the following branches: "Local Computer Policy" “User Configuration” “Administrative Template“ “Control Panel” “Add or Remove Programs> As shown, in the window on the right, find the "Hide Settings Program Access and Default Page" option, double-click it, in the pop-up "Settings" dialog box, change its value from “not configured” to “ Enabled & rdquo;, click the "OK" button and close the Group Policy Editor.

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Step 3 Press “F5” to refresh.