If you want to prevent color background or color scheme changes via the Control
Panel, you can hide Control Panel / Display / Appearance Tab with the following
Windows NT Registry hack:
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Name: NoDispAppearancePage
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
If you want to prevent background pattern or wallpaper changes via the
Control Panel, hide the Control Panel / Display / Background tab:
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Name: NoDispBackgroundPage
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
If you want to prevent screen saver changes via the Control Panel, hide the
Control Panel / Display / Screen Saver tab:
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Name: NoDispScrSavPage
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
If you want to prevent color palette, desktop area (resolution), font size,
or screen fresh frequency changes via the Control Panel, hide the Control Panel
/ Display / Settings tab:
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Name: NoDispSettingsPage
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
To hide the Control Panel / Display Icon:
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Name: NoDispCPL
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
