anyone know if this is possible?

29 Apr 2009 10:01 PM

James

hello,

I need to remove this button from the GUI, if possible:

server 2008, control panel -> network and sharing center -> manage network
connections, then select a nic

OR start -> run, and type: control netconnections
and then select a nic

is there a way to get rid of the 'disable this network device' button that
appears at the top, on the toolbar right under the menus? I know, kind of a
wierd request but I need to find out and then script the change if its
possible.

any input would be appreciated.
thanks.

29 Apr 2009 11:47 PM

Bob Landau

Why not just Windows determine whether this can be disabled or not based on
the rights granted to this user?

While GPO can be used to enable/disable many things in Windows I don't think
it can be applied at this level of granulatity.

btw you stll would need to remove File->Disable in the menu and Disable in
the context menu.

You can disable the NCPA.cpl using either the registry or GPO would that be
enough?

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/nt/registry/rtips283.shtml

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"James" wrote:

> hello,
>
> I need to remove this button from the GUI, if possible:
>
> server 2008, control panel -> network and sharing center -> manage network
> connections, then select a nic
>
> OR start -> run, and type: control netconnections
> and then select a nic
>
> is there a way to get rid of the 'disable this network device' button that
> appears at the top, on the toolbar right under the menus? I know, kind of a
> wierd request but I need to find out and then script the change if its
> possible.
>
> any input would be appreciated.
> thanks.
>
>
>

30 Apr 2009 6:02 AM

tojo2000

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On Apr 29, 3:01 pm, "James" <no***@nowhere.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> I need to remove this button from the GUI, if possible:
>
> server 2008, control panel -> network and sharing center -> manage network
> connections, then select a nic
>
> OR start -> run, and type: control netconnections
> and then select a nic
>
> is there a way to get rid of the 'disable this network device' button that
> appears at the top, on the toolbar right under the menus? I know, kind of a
> wierd request but I need to find out and then script the change if its
> possible.
>
> any input would be appreciated.
> thanks.

This will most likely not be very helpful, but truthfully, the
standard way to get rid of the disable button is usually to remove the
right to enable/disable devices.

30 Apr 2009 1:39 PM

James

Thank you both for the replies... I don't actually want to disable the
ability to disable network adapters, just that button. I know its a wierd
request, but again, I have been asked to find out and do so if possible.

I'm assuming my only hope is if the items displayed on that tool bar are
controlled via a registry setting I can change. But, since you can't
actually use any GUI options to get rid of it I can't make the change and
inspect a before and after dump of the registry to see what was changed.

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"James" <no***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> hello,
>
> I need to remove this button from the GUI, if possible:
>
> server 2008, control panel -> network and sharing center -> manage network
> connections, then select a nic
>
> OR start -> run, and type: control netconnections
> and then select a nic
>
> is there a way to get rid of the 'disable this network device' button that
> appears at the top, on the toolbar right under the menus? I know, kind of
> a
> wierd request but I need to find out and then script the change if its
> possible.
>
> any input would be appreciated.
> thanks.
>
>