Windows 7

Group Policy Settings for Personalization

Group Policy Preventing users from changing their personalization settings The following Group Policy settings prevent users from making changes: Prevent changing theme Prevent changing visual style for windows and buttons Prevent changing window color and appearance Prevent changing desktop background Prevent changing desktop icons Prevent changing mouse pointers Prevent changing screen saver Prevent changing sounds Preventing users from changing personalization settings locks them to their current settings. If you want to…

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Solution: Windows not indexing Google Drive folder for easy search though the start menu

This fix works for all versions of Windows (Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10). Go to the actual folder in its C:\Users\\Google Drive\  (NOT the Google Drive folder listed under ‘FAVOURITES’ which is a shortcut). Right click ‘Google Drive’ > Security tab > Advanced > Click your username (mine showed ) > Click ‘Change Permissions’ > Check the ‘Include inheritable permissions…’ box > Click ok. Search indexing of Google Drive should then begin in the…

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