How to Prevent Access to the Command Prompt GPO

Take control by limiting access

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Published onJuly 12, 2024

published onJuly 12, 2024

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If you’re in an organization setting or manage computers on a domain, you may need to prevent or limit access to the Command Prompt through a GPO setting.

We can all acknowledge how the Command Prompt is a powerful feature when it comes to system administration but in the hands of a wrong person, it can be catastrophic.

Apart from unauthorized access, disabling it can also help secure loopholes that can be exploited by malware, and help enforce administrative policies in an organization.

However, if it’s just you but you’re having issues likeCMD keeps popping up, you canstart and stop some processes using the command line.

How do I remove access to Command Prompt in Group Policy?

If you’d like to re-enable Command Prompt, change the setting toNot Configuredin step 5. Elsewhere, theGroup Policy may fail to applyor theGroup Policy keeps reverting. In such cases, you can also use the Registry Editor to prevent access to the Command Prompt.

Now, anyone who attempts to turn the Command Prompt might get theIT administrator limited accessmessage orsome settings are managed by your organization.

While preventing access to the Command Prompt reduces the attack surface area, it also has its drawbacks. If you had an issue that you needed to troubleshoot using the Command Prompt, you’ll be unable to execute any commands.

Still, you can useother command line toolswith more advanced features.

That’s all we had for this article but let us know some of the benefits or disadvantages you have experienced first-hand from preventing access to the Command Prompt in the comment section below.

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How to Prevent Access to the Command Prompt GPO

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