How to Enable or Disable the Control Panel using Group Policy

If you are sharing your laptop/ computer with your friends ,You may want them to stop accessing Control Panel.This can be done via few simple steps

Go to Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK |
Navigate to >>>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\
On the right hand side you should see a setting called “Prohibit access to Control Panel and PC settings”. Double click on it.
Then change the radio button over to Enabled

Once you have applied the setting you need to refresh your group policy settings

Go to Start > Type cmd and type gpupdate /force in cmd prompt and press enter