How to disable lockdown features for administrators/specific users?

Question

Using ELM you can disable modifier keys (such as Win, Alt, etc), but this seems to affect all users, including me.

Is there a way to allow logged-in admins to bypass lockdown features?

Answer 1

You can disable the Keyboard Filter for Administrators.

For Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry, from a PowerShell window or script run:

Set-DisableKeyboardFilterForAdministrators $true

For Windows Embedded Standard 8, it is a little more complicated because it needs to be disabled via WMI. Microsoft does have a full script available here, but in essence you run:

    $Setting =$Entry = Get-WMIObject -class WEKF_Settings @{"namespace"="root\standardcimv2\embedded"} |
        where {
            $_.Name -eq "DisableKeyboardFilterForAdministrators"
        }
$setting.Value = "true"
$setting.Put() | Out-Null

You can also change the setting in your answer file as well.