Auto-Configure 'Search For People' in Start Menu?

From: Keith Jakobs, MCP (kjakobs_at_NOSPAM.taxbrain.com)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 12:15:18 -0700

Hi All,

I was hoping one of you MVPs might be able to provide a little insight or
point me in the right direction with this task I am trying to accomplish.

Some of our Windows 2000 Stations, but not all of them, have the 'Search for
People' option displayed under the 'Search' group in the 'Start' menu.
However, even among those that do have that option, very few of them have
the 'Active Directory' enabled as the default, much less even available in
the drop down list! However, most of the ones that do have the 'Active
Directory' search option available, do seem to be configured correctly.

Is there any way I can make sure that all those options are available on all
workstations in our domain, and configure it from a central location? Can I
do it with Group Policies, with remote registry, or even with a WMI script?
Even if I have to do it station-by-station, where would I enable additional
options for the search menu or configure the 'Search for People' option to
talk to our Directory service?

We have a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain (single-tree, single-forest,
two DCs) with about 50-60 stations, all of which are Windows 2000
Professional, and up-to-date with security fixes and patches.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. ( I apologize for the cross-posting,
but wasn't sure which would be the most appropriate group for this
question.). Thanks again in advance!

Keith C. Jakobs, MCP

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