Policy

Turn off hardware buttons

Turns off Tablet PC hardware buttons. If you enable this policy, no actions will occur when the buttons are pressed, and the buttons tab in Tablet PC Control Panel will be removed. If you disable this policy, user and OEM defined button actions will occur when the buttons are pressed. If you do not configure this policy, user and OEM defined button actions will occur when the buttons are pressed.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Tablet PC / Hardware Buttons
Policy ID752ab14409f4
Internal nameTurnOffButtons_2

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC\TurnOffButtons (enabled) = 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC\TurnOffButtons (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Turns off Tablet PC hardware buttons. If you enable this policy, no actions will occur when the buttons are pressed, and the buttons tab in Tablet PC Control Panel will be removed. If you disable this policy, user and OEM defined button actions will occur when the buttons are pressed. If you do not configure this policy, user and OEM defined button actions will occur when the buttons are pressed.

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