How To Prevent Windows 8 Account Users From Changing Internet Settings [Tip]
Like previous versions of Windows, Windows 8 allows user account holders to customize their Personalzation settings according to their requirements. Although these settings are locally saved in each user profile's folder, there are some system-wide level settings, such as Internet Settings, which can be changed by any user who belongs to the 'Administrators' or 'Users' account groups. This means that if one users changes the default DHCP settings (including primary & alternate DNS server address), default gateway or Local IP of the PC, it will be changed for other user account holders as well. If you are the computer administrator, you can easily prevent other users from modifying the Internet Settings using the Local Group Policy Editor. In what follows, we will guide you through the process of restricting users from accessing Internet Settings in Windows 8.
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