Prohibit enabling/disabling components of a LAN connection

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Network and Dial-up Connections

Description

Determines whether administrators can enable and disable the components that local area network (LAN) connections use.

Enabling this policy removes the check boxes for enabling and disabling components. As a result, administrators cannot enable or disable the components that a connection uses.

If you disable this policy, the Properties dialog box for a connection includes a check box beside the name of each component that the connection uses. Selecting the check box enables the component, and clearing the check box disables the component.

Note

Non-administrators are already prohibited from enabling or disabling components for a LAN connection, regardless of this policy.

Note

This policy does not prevent users from using other programs, such as Internet Explorer, to enable or disable connection components.