From 47ca406b55aedb7514d44150e5ff2144552ee469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tommy Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:07:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Search Signed-off-by: Tommy --- .../Windows Components/Search.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ .../User Configuration/File Explorer.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Group Policies/Computer Configuration/Windows Components/Search.md diff --git a/Group Policies/Computer Configuration/Windows Components/Search.md b/Group Policies/Computer Configuration/Windows Components/Search.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c208b11 --- /dev/null +++ b/Group Policies/Computer Configuration/Windows Components/Search.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Search + +`Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Search` + +Very confusing, you need to consult https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services#21-cortana-and-search-group-policies + +"Do not allow web search" looks old and probably deprecated, but Microsoft's docs still mention it for some reason. Thus, I am also going over other similar old settings for safe measure. + +- Allow Cloud Search -> Disabled +- Allow Cortana -> Disabled +- ALlow search and Cortana to use location -> Disabled +- Configures search on the taskbar -> Enabled -> Search icon and label (Not a privacy/security issue or anything, but I hate the gigantic box) +- Do not allow web search -> Enabled +- Don't search the web or display web results in Search -> Enabled +- Enable indexing of online delegate mailboxes -> Disabled diff --git a/Group Policies/User Configuration/File Explorer.md b/Group Policies/User Configuration/File Explorer.md index 8de2542..610e972 100644 --- a/Group Policies/User Configuration/File Explorer.md +++ b/Group Policies/User Configuration/File Explorer.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ `User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer` -- Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box -> Enabled (**EXTREMELY INVASIVE**. This stores your search history in the registry according to the docs, and is also responsible for the Bing search in the Start Menu even though the description does not mention it.) \ No newline at end of file +- Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box -> Enabled (**EXTREMELY INVASIVE**. This stores your search history in the registry according to the docs, and is also responsible for the Bing search in the Start Menu just like the policies in Search even though the description does not mention it.) \ No newline at end of file