• Windows Server,  Windows XP

    Disable Notification Center & Action Center in Windows 10

    A number of environments need to disable the Notification Center and Action Center features in Windows 10. This can be done using the registry editor or using a Group Policy Object (GPO). First let’s look at doing so with the registry. As with any mucking around with the registry, when editing, I strongly recommend backing up the registry and/or creating a restore point first. Once done, click Run, enter regedit and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor. Next, right-click on the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer registry key and create a new DWORD (32-bit) key. Call the key DisableNotificationCenter and provide the number 1 as the value. Then quit the Registry Editor and…