Windows operating system Group Policy application full Raiders (2)

V. Personalize the taskbar and start menus

On the right side of the window shown in Figure 6, the Group Policy configuration items for the taskbar and Start menu are displayed. Let's take a look at the specific example:

Figure 6

Location: "Group Policy console → user Configuration → admin templates → taskbar and Start Menu"

1. Lose weight to the Start menu (Windows 2000/xp/2003)

If you feel that Windows Start menu is too bloated, you can remove unwanted menu items from the Start menu. In the right pane of Group Policy, multiple Group Policy configuration items are provided such as remove user folders from Start menu, delete access and links to Windows Update, remove public programs from Start menu, delete My Documents icon from Start menu. You can just turn on the policy for the menu item that you don't want.

2. Protect the Taskbar and start menus (Windows 2000/xp/2003)

If you don't want to let others change the taskbar and Start menu settings, you can only enable the "Prevent changes" taskbar and Start Menu settings in the right pane of the Group Policy console and the "Prevent access to the context menu of the taskbar" two policy items. This way, when you right-click the taskbar and click Properties, an error message appears (Figure 7), and the pop-up menu is hidden when you right-click the taskbar and the items on the taskbar, such as the Start button, the clock, and the taskbar button.

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