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I want to disable audio for specific users with GPO or something else. Our network model is not domain. So there aren't system services path in GPO. How can i do this?

MMYurt
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  • Too bad you don't have an AD domain. Now it's like trying to put a square peg in a round hole. – Esa Jokinen Jun 18 '17 at 13:34
  • Do you think is there any way to do that? @EsaJokinen – MMYurt Jun 18 '17 at 13:42
  • AD and GP are for deploying such settings in all networks that fits the scope of Serverfault (professional system administration). For home users putting the speakers in a locked cabinet could be sufficient. – Esa Jokinen Jun 18 '17 at 13:55

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Create a file mute.vbs:

CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SendKeys(chr(173))

Create a NoAudio.cmd script file that is run by the user at logon: 

cscript mute.vbs

The script could be based on criteria such as membership in local group that you create: 

REM NoAudio.cmd
WHOAMI /GROUPS | FINDSTR /i "GRP-NOAUDIO"  
REM If ERRORLEVEL is 1, not in group
IF %ERRORLEVEL%==1 GOTO :EOF
cscript mute.vbs

Taken from here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/255419/how-can-i-mute-unmute-my-sound-from-powershell

Greg Askew
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