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Restrict loading of Event Viewer from Administrative Tools section.
This setting can disable loading of the snap-in Event Viewer from Administrative Tools section.
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Description:
Event viewer displays event logs. This setting can restrict loading of this snap-in from administrative tools section. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys \mmc\{975797fc-4e2a-11d0-b702-00c04fd8dbf7} does not exist, create them as explained below. Then, create a string value restrict_run in the right panel. Now, right-click and modify its value to 1 which can disable snap-in. However, if you want to enable back the snap-in, delete the subkey {975797fc-4e2a-11d0-b702-00c04fd8dbf7}. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.
Level: Recommended For Experts Only
Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\] |
Location: Current User |
Value Name: MMC |
Data Type: Key |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MMC\] |
Location: Current User |
Value Name: {975797FC-4E2A-11D0-B702-00C04FD8DBF7} |
Data Type: Key |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MMC\{975797FC-4E2A-11D0-B702-00C04FD8DBF7}\] |
Location: Current User |
Value Name: Restrict_Run |
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) |
Enabled Value: 1 |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit". |
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Second, go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\]</b> and create a new key as 'MMC'. |
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Third create a subkey under the key 'MMC' as '{975797FC-4E2A-11D0-B702-00C04FD8DBF7}'. |
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Fourth, create a String value as 'Restrict_Run' under the subkey '{975797FC-4E2A-11D0-B702-00C04FD8DBF7}'. |
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Next, right-click on "Restrict_Run" and click on 'Modify'. |
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Finally set the value data as '1' and click 'OK'. |
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