This trick removes hardware tab from applicable items in Control Panel & from local drive properties
Valid for Windows XP/2000 only
Click start button & click run
type "Regedit" in run box & press OK
Registry editor will show up in windows explorer fashion
left section will show location of regitry entries
right section will show contents of current registry entry
For current user
in left section go to following place
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
in right section right click & create new or modify existing DWord value called "NoHardwareTab"
value=0 show hardware tab
value=1 hide hardware tab
Valid for Windows XP/2000 only
Click start button & click run
type "Regedit" in run box & press OK
Registry editor will show up in windows explorer fashion
left section will show location of regitry entries
right section will show contents of current registry entry
For current user
in left section go to following place
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
in right section right click & create new or modify existing DWord value called "NoHardwareTab"
value=0 show hardware tab
value=1 hide hardware tab
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