n this quick Windows 7 tip I’m going to illustrate to you the way how to prevent users from changing your theme in Windows 7. This is very useful if you hate when someone goes into your computer and changes your favorite theme. In this post I’m going to show you the easiest way using the Local Group Policy Editor. So lets start.
1. Go to Start, at the search box write gpedit.msc and it will find the Local Group Policy Editor. Click on it.
2. The Local Group Policy Editor will appear. With your mouse go to the List Tree at the left of the same windows and under User Configuration go to Administrative Templates then Control Panel and finally in Personalization.
1. Go to Start, at the search box write gpedit.msc and it will find the Local Group Policy Editor. Click on it.
2. The Local Group Policy Editor will appear. With your mouse go to the List Tree at the left of the same windows and under User Configuration go to Administrative Templates then Control Panel and finally in Personalization.3. After you clicked on Personalization a list with settings will be shown in the same window. The second in order is the Prevent changing theme, click on it.
4. In the new window select the Enabled option, which will enable the prevention of changing your Windows 7 theme. Click Apply then Ok and you are done.
Go to your Windows 7 desktop, right-click on it and select Personalize. You can notice that the themes are faded in black and white which means that you cannot access them. Also in the bottom of the window you will get the message:
“One or more settings on this page has been disabled by the system administrator”
Now don’t be afraid because no one can change your Windows 7 theme.
Important: If you want to disable this feature again, just follow the same steps from the beginning and in the last step select Disabled, which will stop preventing the users to change the themes.