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Question from Gio K.: Hi Rick. I use a lot of your tips, but my friend got a new windows 8 computer and he is wondering how he can disable the Control Panel. If you know any way to do that, please reply. Thank you.
Rick’s answer: Hello Gio. It’s actually quite easy to disable access to the Control Panel in Windows 8, and there are plenty of circumstances under which it might be desirable to do so.
Follow these steps to disable the Control Panel in Windows 8: [Read more…]
Question from Kenny: Hi Rick. First of all, I wa
nt to thank you for your generosity in posting all these amazing tips. You have helped so many people by posting them! Now, I have a question for you if you don’t mind.
I recently bought a new computer and decided to give my 2 year old Gateway laptop to my son. Since he’s only 8 years old I’d like to keep him from accessing the Control Panel and accidentally messing things up.
My question is can you tell me how to disable the Control Panel in Windows 7?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]