Hide the passwords icon from the control panel (for all users)
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 to password icon in the control panel 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.
The users should not be allowed to change the security settings, so their access to password icon in the control panel 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 the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]</b> key, right-click and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "System".
Third, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "NoSecCPL".
Fourth, right-click on the 'NoSecCPL' DWORD value and click on "Modify".
Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: System
- Data Type: Key
- Action Type: Add an Entry
- 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
- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: NoSecCPL
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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