Audit Policy: Object Access: SAM
This subcategory reports when SAM objects are accessed. Refer to the Microsoft Knowledgebase article ?Description of security events in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008? for the most recent information about this setting: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/947226.
Audit Policy: System: Other System Events
This subcategory reports on other system events. Events for this subcategory include:
? 5024 : The Windows Firewall Service has started successfully.
? 5025 : The Windows Firewall Service has been stopped.
? 5027 : The Windows Firewall Service was unable to retrieve the security policy from the local storage. The service will continue enforcing the curr ...
Password protect the screen saver
If the Password protect the screen saver setting is enabled, then all screen savers are password protected, if it is disabled then password protection cannot be set on any screen saver.
Specify default category for Add New Programs
Specifies the category of programs that appears when users open the 'Add New Programs' page.
If you enable this setting, only the programs in the category you specify are displayed when the 'Add New Programs' page opens. Users can use the Category box on the 'Add New Programs' page to display programs in other categories.
To use this setting, ty ...
Hide the 'Add a program from CD-ROM or floppy disk' option
Removes the 'Add a program from CD-ROM or floppy disk' section from the Add New Programs page. This prevents users from using Add or Remove Programs to install programs from removable media.
If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the 'Add a program from CD-ROM or floppy disk' option is available to all users.
This setti ...
Hide the 'Add programs from your network' option
Prevents users from viewing or installing published programs.
This setting removes the 'Add programs from your network' section from the Add New Programs page. The 'Add programs from your network' section lists published programs and provides an easy way to install them.
Published programs are those programs that the system administrator has ...
Remove Add or Remove Programs
Prevents users from using Add or Remove Programs.
This setting removes Add or Remove Programs from Control Panel and removes the Add or Remove Programs item from menus.
Add or Remove Programs lets users install, uninstall, repair, add, and remove features and components of Windows 2000 Professional and a wide variety of Windows programs. Programs published or a ...
Hide the Set Program Access and Defaults page
Removes the Set Program Access and Defaults button from the Add or Remove Programs bar. As a result, users cannot view or change the associated page.
The Set Program Access and Defaults button lets administrators specify default programs for certain activities, such as Web browsing or sending e-mail, as well as which programs are accessible from t ...
Set 6to4 Relay Name
This policy setting allows you to specify a 6to4 relay name for a 6to4 host. A 6to4 relay is used as a default gateway for IPv6 network traffic sent by the 6to4 host. The 6to4 relay name setting has no effect if 6to4 connectivity is not available on the host.
If you enable this policy setting, you can specify a relay name for a 6to4 host.
If you disable or do not configu ...