Part 3: How to Annoy Other People Who Use Your Computer - Lock Control Panel

I cannot believe it! They managed to turn on Internet access with their small brains! I really don't believe this is happening. I don't know how HE did it but it seems like I underestimated him. I thought he would not know how to find the Internet access icon but he did.


I forgot to tell you in Part Two that I hid the icon by customizing the notification area. You can click on the small arrow next to the leftmost part of you notification area and click CUSTOMIZE. Alternatively, go to Control Panel and find Notification Area Icons. You can find this easily if you switch to Small Icons in View By. Now, I went to Network and chose HIDE ICON AND NOTIFICATIONS. Click OK and close the window. I thought it was over but clearly, it wasn't which is why here's part three. Since I removed my account password which I talked about in Part One ( yes I know it's stupid but I have my reasons) I had to do something more without putting that password back - just to annoy them more.


So here's what I finally did. I hid the Network icon again and I disabled Control Panel. Ha! Clever right? This will never allow them to open the Network icon or the Notifications Area settings or whatever they would like to open to modify MY OWN COMPUTER!


If you are interested in disabling your Control Panel, here's how:


1. Type REGEDIT in the Run command (CTRL+R).
2. This will open the Registry Editor (Hence the name REGEDIT LOL)
3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer
(- Yes I copied and pasted that)
4. Once you have clicked on Explorer, go to the right pane and right click there. Choose DWORD from the options with 32-bit value.





5. Name it NoControlPanel then right click on it and click Modify.





6. Change the Value to 1 and exit the editor.





7. Reboot to see the changes.


When I read this somewhere, it was noted that creating a Restore Point may be necessary. If you do not know hat you're doing, do not edit the registry at all. You not only lose Control Panel access but there are harsher consequences as well. But if you follow what I stated above, you should be fine.


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The next day, this is what happened. THIS GUY said there was something wrong with my laptop. Hahaha! I played along of course. I should have an acting award for that. Control Panel is gone and there's an error that pop ups when he tries to access the Notification Area.



How convenient right?