BukDesk reads a machine policy from the registry. A person cannot turn back on what a policy turned off. The app says on screen that the organization turned it off.
Not yet tried under a real Group Policy. The values have been read from the registry as an administrator set them by hand. There is no administrative template yet: set them with a Registry preference.
The key
HKLM\Software\Policies\BSCALE\BukDeskThe key keeps the name BSCALE. Each value below is a REG_DWORD. 1 turns that part off. 0, or no value, leaves it alone.
| Value | What stops |
|---|---|
Disabled | All of BukDesk: no network, no keyboard or mouse hooks, no sessions |
DisableSharing | The mouse and keyboard, and the clipboard with them |
DisableClipboard | The clipboard alone |
DisableFiles | Files between computers, and BukDesk in the Send to menu |
DisableSessions | Messages between AI sessions, and connecting AI tools |
DisableTracking | Reading the AI tools' status and quota |
DisablePairing | New pairings. Computers already paired stay connected |
DisableScreenView | Seeing screens, both ways |
Example:
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\BSCALE\BukDesk" /v Disabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fThe relay
These three are read the other way round: 0 stops, and anything else, or no value, changes nothing.
| Value | With 0 |
|---|---|
Relay | No connecting or pairing over the internet at all. The local network goes on |
RelayOnPublicNetworks | No relay on public networks |
RelayControl | No control over the internet, in either direction |
Updates
UpdateMode, a REG_SZ on the same key:
UpdateMode | What it does |
|---|---|
auto | Downloads and checks by itself, waits 24 hours, and installs at the next start of BukDesk |
ask | Waits for a person to press |
off | Never looks, and contacts no server |
Every install asks for an administrator's approval, because BukDesk installs for the whole computer.
How it behaves
- The app reads the policy at its start and every 10 seconds. A part that is turned off stops at once. If the pointer is on another computer, it comes back first.
- With
Disabled, the app stays by the clock and does nothing else, so that it can say so. - What a person chose stays saved, and comes back when the policy is lifted.
- A policy that cannot be read turns everything off, and says that it could not be read.
To remove it for good
Uninstall it. BukDesk has no policy against being uninstalled.