Utility Mod Manager

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Howdo I disable the Windows + U hotkey in Windows XP? Alternatively, how do I stop the utility manager from being active? The two are related. The utilty manager is currently providing a potential security hole and I need to remove it[1]. The system I'm developing uses a custom Gina to log in and start a custom shell. This removes most Windows Key hotkeys but the Win + U still pops up the manager app.

Also, the proedure needs to be reasonably straightforward - this has to be done by field service engineers to existing machines (machines currently in Russia, Holland, France, Spain, Ireland and USA).

There doesn't seem to be any documented way to disable the Win+U keyboard shortcut short of completely turning the Win key off through the Scancode Map registry value. As a workaround you can override the Utility Manager executable:

The Image File Execution Options registry key was designed, among other things, to automatically launch a debugger when an application starts. While the debugger would start the application and attach, you can specify just any executable which will be run instead, thus overriding the original one.

What about systray.exe? It's a little stub program which was first introduced with Windows 95, and used to handle the system notification icons. It's not really used any more in the newer Windows versions, and it was mostly kept for backward compatibility reasons. It has no user interface, and wouldn't do anything noticeable besides refreshing the notification area when started.

I've had success in getting the change to stick by accessing the XP hdd via a linux session and renaming the annoying exe that way - - no chance that any Win process can monitor your changes if it's not in charge at the time :-) Whether it's going to be hacked back with any new XP updates remains to be seen, however.

Most current linux distros are super flexible with writing to ntfs.

Some keyboards include a Windows logo key that can be used to open theStart menu, or can be used in combination with other keys to startcertain Windows functions. For example, pressing Windows logo key+Estarts Windows Explorer. You can disable this function by enabling thefollowing group policy: Disable programs on Settings menu This policyis located under the following branch: UserConfiguration\AdministrativeTemplates\Start Menu and Taskbar

If you enable the policy that is listed in the "Summary" section ofthis article, the Windows logo key+E key combination is disabled. Inaddition, the following items are removed from the Settings menu:Control Panel Network and Dialup Connections Printers Pressing Windowslogo key+E displays the following message: This operation has beencancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Pleasecontact your system administrator. All other Windows logo keycombinations will continue to work. By default, the Windows logo keycombinations include: Windows logo key (alone): Opens the Start menuWindows logo key+E: Starts Windows Explorer Windows logo key+R: Opensthe Run dialog box Windows logo key+F: Opens the Search menu Windowslogo key+U: Starts Utility Manager Windows logo key+F1: Starts WindowsHelp Windows logo key+F3: Opens the Search menu.

This setting changed a flag VER_SUITE_TERMINAL in structure OSVERSIONINFOEX used by function GetVersionEx.Winlogon checks this flag, and if set - just creates process utilman.exe /debugelse Winlogon will try to launch service UtilMan. This service is only present in win2k and (?) WinXP before SP2.

OutlookFreeware Utility Manager (former OutlookFreeware Runtime) is required to run any product from this site.It is a simple set of components including optional Outlook add-in and standalone application with graphical user interfacethat allows to run any utility without need to start Outlook.

Utility Manager is not auto-runnable, it does not install any services or hidden programs.Thus, our manager in no way affects your computer's performance.It is nesessary to install this Utility Manager before installing any other products.

If you want to use the standalone application only and don't need the Outlook add-in,you can easily turn the add-in off by disabling it in your Microsoft Outlook.In order to do this, please follow the step-by-step manualEnable or disable add-ins in Office programs.

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