Re: Resize Quick Launch (through registry?)

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Domenick wrote:
I have a notebook that I use at work and at home. When I am at
home and log into the local machine, my quick launch bar goes al
the way across the screen with my open applications in the bar
above it. However, when I log into my network domain at the
office, the quick launch bar is just three icons on the left.
Even if I deselect "Lock the taskbar," I am unable to resize the
quick launch bar with the mouse. I'm guessing that there is some
global policy on this domain to keep users from messing with
their desktop. Is there some way (perhaps through the registry)
that I can make the quick launch bar appear all the way across
the screen no matter which user/domain I log in as (even if it
means changing a setting for each user individually). Any help
would be greatly appreciated!

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Why do you log in differently depending on where you are?

Domenick wrote:
When I am at home, I am not connected to a network so I log in to
the local machine. When I am in my office, I plug in to the network
via ethernet and log in to our network domain. Obviously, I cannot
log in to the domain when I am not connected to the corporate
network. Note: When I log in to the local machine, I have full
administrative rights. When I log in to the domain, I am subject to
the policies in effect on that domain.

Cached Logons solve the problem of the domain not being available. You
can - in fact - logon with your domain credentials anywhere, as long as you
have logged in with them previously and connected to the domain.

I have found people get irritated by the sometimes longer logons of this
method, so you can also create two profiles (one local, one domain) - then
use a registry trick combined with file and folder permissions to point both
profiles to the same location under C:\Documents and Settings - then when
you logon either locally or in the domain - you are still using the same
profile --> meaning whatever you do to one - you did to the other and other
than running the actual domain scripts (logon scripts, usually) when you
logon to the domain account --> they are the same.

You are subject to the domain policies either way - they have been put on
that machine before you even logon.

And to access domain resources you usually do not even have to have your
computer in the domain - you just have to know a valid username/password for
the domain and know what it is you wish to use (printer, file shares,
etc...)

This is why I asked why you log on differently - which means you have two
profiles on the machine at any given time - so yeah - they are different.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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