How To Restrict Users From Restarting and Installing Applications

How To Restrict Users From Restarting and Installing Applications

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Description

To restrict users from restart shutdown machines and install applications.


Instructions

Citrix has no policies to restrict the users from shutting down/ restarting the machine or installing software applications.

This can be achieved with the below MS policies:

1. Type MMC in start search and hit Enter to open the Microsoft Management Console. In the File tab, click on Add/Remove Snap-in.
2. In the left side, under the available Snap-in’s, select Group Policy Object and double-click on it.
3. This will open the Group Policy Wizard. Under the Local Computer Group Policy Object, click Browse.
4. Under the newly created Local Computer \ Non-Administrators policy object in the left pane, navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Task bar.
5. Select Remove and prevent access to the shutdown, restart, sleep, and hibernate commands and double-click on it. Select Enable > Apply/OK.

Type gpedit.msc in start search and hit Enter to open the Group Policy Editor. Navigate to Computer Configurations > Administrative templates > Windows Components > Windows Installer. In RHS pane double-click on Disable windows installer.

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Issue/Introduction

How To Restrict Users From Restarting and Installing Applications.