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Re: How to disable the Dashboard



On 1/31/08 3:42 PM, "Hank Berthiaume" <email@hidden> wrote:

> At our school, we want to stop students from using Widgets. They spend too
> much time goofing around with them at school.
> 
> We have used WGM to take away permission to use the Dashboard application
> and we have taken it out of the dock. However, we cannot figure out how to
> stop the dashboard from appearing when the mouse scroll button is depressed.
> 
> Any help with how to do that would be appreciated.

Instead of removing permissions on the Dashboard app, you should entirely
disable it with managed prefs.

Google found the process for doing it right here:

http://198.237.124.26/at25/Default.asp?clientid=1&kb=60

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Peter M. Bukowinski
IT - Senior Support Engineer
Janelia Farm Research Campus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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