Vista Tweak 5

To make USB mass-storage devices read only:

Open Regedit and navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control key'
Highlight the subkey 'StorageDevicePolicies' If there is no such subkey, create it by right clicking 'control key' and choosing 'new\key'. Once you have the 'StorageDevicePolicies' subkey highlighted, right click it and select 'new\ DWORD value.' Give the value the name WriteProtect. Double click the new value and give it the value of '1' Exit and restart.
Customize Internet Explorer Appearance
You can customize the appearance of Internet Explorer and add bitmaps to toolbars and your own caption to the Internet Explorer window title by going here:
'user configuration\windows settings\Internet Explorer Maintenance\browser user interface.'

Customize IE Toolbar

This GPEDIT entry allows you to specify which buttons will appear on the standard Internet Explorer toolbar:
'user configuration\administrative templates\windows components\internet explorer\toolbars\configure toolbar buttons'

Remove the File Delete Confirmation Dialog Box

To remove the 'confirm (filename) delete' box that pops up when you attempt to delete a file, go to: 'user configuration\administrative templates\windows components\explorer\display confirmation dialog when deleting files' and disable the option.

Disable Windows Messenger Easily

If you do not want to use Windows Messenger and you are annoyed by its persistence, turn it off easily with this GPEDIT option:
'user configuration\administrative templates\windows components\windows messenger\do not allow messenger to be run'

Prevent Users from Running Certain Programs

You can prevent programs you specify from running within Internet Explorer with this GPEDIT option:
'user configuration\administrative templates\windows components\system\don't run specified windows applications'
You will need to know the name of the application's executable file.