Prevent User Installing Gadgets in Windows 7

[SpearMan]

Hello friends,

I know that many people would be thinking to know how to allow or prevent all users from being able to install a gadget or from adding a user installed gadget to the desktop in Windows 7. By default, user installed gadgets are allowed in Windows 7.

Following are the steps for the same.

1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.
   
   
2. Click on to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and Desktop Gadgets.
   
   
3. Now right click on Turn Off user-installed desktop gadgets and click on Edit.
   
   
4. To Allow User to Install Gadgets
   
   • Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled.
   • Go to step 6.
   
   
   
5. To Prevent User from Install Gadgets
   
   • Select (dot) Enabled.
   
   
   
6. Click on OK.
   
   
7. Now close the Local Group Policy Editor window.
   
   
8. Finally restart the computer for changes to get affected.

[SpearMan]

If you don't want follow there is one more simple way by download the file and follow a very simple steps:-

1. To Allow User Installed Gadgets
   
   • Click on the Download button below to download the Allow_User_Installed_Gadgets.zip file
     
   • Download
     
   • Goto Step 3
   
   
   
2. To Prevent User Installed Gadgets
   
   
   • Click on the Download button below to download the Prevent_User_Installed_Gadgets.zip file
     
   • Download
3. Now click on Save, and save the .zip file to the desktop.
4. Open the .zip file and extract the .reg file to the desktop.
5. Right click on the .reg file (On Desktop) and click on Merge.
6. Click on Run, Yes, and OK when prompted.
7. Finally restart the computer fo changes to get affected.