Hide the passwords icon from the control panel (for current user)

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This tweak lets you hide the Passwords icon from the control panel.
Level: Recommended For Experts Only
Description:
The users should not be allowed to change the security settings, so their access must be restricted. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Create a dword value name noseccpl in the right panel. Right-click it and modify the data value with 1 to hide the password icon and 0 to display it. Click ok and close the registry editor. Restart the system or logoff to see the changes taking effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\] </b> and create a new key as "System".
Now create a new 'DWORD value' as "NoSecCPL".
Right Click on "NoSecCPL" and select 'Modify'.
Finally keep the value data as 1 and click 'OK'.


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: NoSecCPL
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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