How to remove a Group Policy from Windows XP

In the pro version, if you use the default Start menu style, the name of the user who is currently logged in to Windows is displayed at the top of the Start menu, which makes it easy for us to determine who is logged in as a single computer when multiple people share it. However, if this computer is only used by you, then the user name appears superfluous at the top of the Start menu, and we can use the Group Policy console to easily remove the Start menu user name.

Here's how to do this.

1. Click Start | run, enter "Gpedit.msc" in the "Run" dialog, as shown in Figure 1, and click the "OK" button.

2. In the Group Policy console, select User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Taskbar and Start menu on the left, and then double-click Remove user name from [Start Menu] on the right, as shown in Figure 2.

3. In the Remove user name from Start Menu dialog box, select the radio button is enabled, as shown in Figure 3.

4. After clicking the OK button, open the Start menu and observe that the user name is no longer displayed, as shown in Figure 4.

Note: The techniques described above also apply to the Server 2003 family, as well as the Windows XP Media Center Edition, which was successfully tested in XP Media Center Edition when writing this article.