How to disable Tcp/Ip settings in windows 7 via GPO?
Solution 1:
If I'm not mistaken, those settings are only applicable to W2KSP1, WinXP, and W2K3 computers. You need to enable the "Prohibit access to the properties of a LAN connection" setting, which should prohibit access to any properties of a LAN connection in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Solution 2:
I should be User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/Network Connections/"Prohibit access to properties of a LAN Connection" (since Windows 200 SP1). The problem I'm having with GP is that you are not sure if it got applied, so restarting is always a good idea.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=18C90C80-8B0A-4906-A4F5-FF24CC2030FB&displaylang=en#filelist
Besides that I would like to point out two things:
- Are your users local Administrators? Iirc even Power Users should not be able to configure LAN Adaptors...
- Consider upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2