Re: Change to classic start menu?

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leslie eldrige laid this down on his screen :
I know, to manage XP Start Menu options I can use the regedit and set the specific key values. For example to force classic start menu: NoSimpleStartMenu = 1.

I already have a script to set this value on each machine, but my first demo machine was already set the classic start menu! I checked the registry settings and I didn't find the value NoSimpleStartMenu! Also not if I search in all registry data base!

To roll out a specific desktop setup, why not customize your own default user profile?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319974

As mentioned in the article, this can be specified for a local computer, but can also be copied to a domain controller so that all domain users logging onto a domain computer for the first time will get the specified desktop instead of the default XP candy colors.

This will, of course, be applied only to new user profiles being created, and not to the existing if this is what you are after.

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/klaus


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