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Is it possible for me (parent/admin account) to completely disable Cortana for other users (kids/standard accounts)? ...or at least from using it to search things that are not local on the PC itself. I don't want my children gleaning all the Internet has to offer quite yet.
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@Chirag64 and @mc10 - thank you so much for your answers, but neither answer really addresses my question of "completely disable Cortana for other users (kids/standard accounts)". I do not want to disable it for me, only for my kids...
The "duplicate questions" and the one that was linked as having answers - also don't help me with this...
Eliezer
Posted 2015-07-29T21:09:35.473
Reputation: 169
Can you elaborate on what exactly is not working from the already-suggested solutions? – I say Reinstate Monica – 2015-08-06T18:23:25.657
@Twisty: Isn’t it clear? They’re significantly different questions. Eliezer made the strategic error of using the word “completely” in the first revision of his question, when that wasn’t what he meant at all. Eliezer’s question is “How can I park my car on weekends?” The other question is “How can I remove the engine from my car (while leaving the radio and windshield wipers functional)?” Eliezer still wants to be able to use Cortana himself, while restricting access to it from some accounts. The answers to the other question propose solutions as severe as “uninstall it.” – Scott – 2015-08-06T18:44:34.663
@Scott I'd like the OP the opportunity to explain why the existing answers don't work. Perhaps my assessment of their suitability to his situation is different from his or yours. With his clarification I'm prepared to retract my vote if that's appropriate. – I say Reinstate Monica – 2015-08-06T18:50:51.970
@Twisty How can you retract a vote to Leave Closed? – Scott – 2015-08-06T18:52:43.370
@Scott By clicking the
(reopen)link and choosing Nominate this question to be reopened...unless that won't work? Well, crap, it does work, and so there we have another reopen vote! :-/ – I say Reinstate Monica – 2015-08-06T18:54:37.910Eliezer: Why doesn’t Chirag64’s answer address your question? I’m not very familiar with the Group Policy Editor, but Microsoft’s document Configuring Group Policy Settings says (paraphrased): You can optionally configure multiple local Group Policy objects (LGPOs) to help better manage settings on shared computers. Multiple LGPOs can include user policy settings that apply to members of the Administrators group, users who are not included in the Administrators group, and specific local user(s).
– Scott – 2015-08-06T19:52:30.360@Scott, now that you said that, Chirag64's answer does answer my question; I didn't realize that you could configure multiple LGPOs. Will this work on the Pro (as opposed to Enterprise version) of Windows (8 and 10)? – Eliezer – 2015-08-06T22:07:05.213
IDK; as I said, I’m not very familiar with the Group Policy Editor. – Scott – 2015-08-06T22:09:11.930