Windows Group policy helps you lose weight on the taskbar and Start Menu

BKJIA exclusive Article] Microsoft group policy comes with the relevant group policy configuration items in the "Taskbar" and "start" menus. Next we will provide several specific application instances. First, we need to start the Group Policy at "Group Policy console> User Configuration> management template> taskbar and Start Menu ".

1. Remove weight from the "Start" menu. Windows 2000/XP/2003)

If the "Start" menu in Windows is too bloated, you can delete unnecessary menu items from the "Start" menu. In the right pane of the Group Policy, provides "delete user folders from the Start Menu", "access and link to 'windows Update'", "delete a public application group from the Start Menu", and "delete a user folder from the Start Menu ". multiple group policy configuration items, such as the 'my docs' icon. You only need to enable the policy corresponding to the undesired menu items.

2. Protect the "Taskbar" and "start" menu Windows 2000/XP/2003)

If you do not want others to change the settings of the "Taskbar" and "start" menus, you only need to enable the policy items "prohibit modification of 'taskbar and start menu settings" and "prevent access to the context menu of the taskbar" in the right pane of the Group Policy console. In this way, when you right-click the taskbar and click "properties", an error message will appear, and when you right-click the taskbar and the project on the taskbar, for example, the start button, clock, and taskbar button are hidden in the pop-up menu.

3. Disable "logout" and "shutdown" Windows 2000/XP/2003)

After the computer is started, if you do not want this user to "Shut Down" or "log out" again, you can enable the two policies, "logout" on the "delete Start Menu" and "Delete and block access to the" shutdown "command in the right pane of the Group Policy console.

This setting deletes the "shutdown" option from the Start menu, and disables the "Windows Task Manager" dialog box by pressing "Ctrl + Alt + Del". The "shutdown" option appears in this dialog box. In addition, although this setting can prevent users from shutting down Windows, it cannot prevent users from using other third-party tools to shut down Windows.

Tip: If you enable "delete logout" on the Start menu, the "show logout" project is deleted from "Start Menu Options. You cannot restore the "logout <username>" project to the Start menu. You can only manually modify the registry ). This setting only affects the Start Menu. It does not affect the "logout" project in the "Windows Task Manager" dialog box. Therefore, you must enable the "Delete and block access to the" shutdown "command at the same time "), it does not prevent users from logging out using other methods.

4. Use group policies to protect personal document privacy. Windows 2000/XP/2003)

Windows has an advanced smart function that records files you have accessed. Although this feature allows you to easily open the file again, you may need to block this feature for security and performance considerations, such as not wanting to know which web pages you have browsed and which files you have opened. With group policies, you only need to enable the policies "do not keep records of recently opened documents" and "clear records of recently opened documents at exit" in the right pane.

In addition, If you enable this policy setting but disable the "delete Document menu from Start Menu" policy setting, the "document" menu will also appear on the "Start" menu, however, this menu is empty. If you enable this policy, disable it and set it to "not configured ", the saved file shortcuts are displayed in the Document menu and file menu of the application on the policy settings page.

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