CCE-33762-6| Platform: win8.1 | Date: (C)2015-10-14 (M)2022-10-10 |
Turn off Windows+X hotkeys
Turn off Windows+X hotkeys.
Keyboards with a Windows key provide users with shortcuts to common shell features. For example, pressing the keyboard sequence Windows+R opens the Run dialog box; pressing Windows+E starts File Explorer. By using this setting, you can disable these Windows+X shortcut keys.
If you enable this setting, the Windows+X shortcut keys are unavailable.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the Windows+X shortcut keys are available.
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Technical Mechanism:
(1) GPO: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer!Turn off Windows+X hotkeys
(2) REG: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer!NoWinKeys
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| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29031 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29031 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29031 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29031 |
