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More info?)
You are correct, Home has no gpedit.msc. That's why I asked if you had Pro.
I should've explained that better. ;-)
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:4150998e$0$23896$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au,
QWERTY <i@i.com.au> hunted and pecked:
> XP Home SP1. There's no gpedit.msc
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> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OubfjI3nEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> XP Pro??
>>
>> Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK |
>> Navigate to...
>> Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative
>> Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\
>> Prevent changes to Taskbar and Start Menu
>> [[Removes the Taskbar and Start Menu item from Settings on the Start
>> menu. This setting also prevents the user from opening the Taskbar
>> Properties dialog box.
>>
>> If the user right-clicks the taskbar and then clicks Properties, a
>> message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action.]]
>>
>> Also...
>>
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
>> r
>> The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and
>> a value of 0 is disabled.
>>
>> Policy: Disable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu settings
>> Description: Removes the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the
>> Control Panel, and removes the Properties item from the Start menu
>> (and button) context menu.
>> Registry Value: "NoSetTaskbar"
>>
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>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:%23a1lYm1nEHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
>> QWERTY <i@i.com.au> hunted and pecked:
>>> How can I stop my son from deleting/moving start menu (XP Home)
>>> items. He gets told not to do it, but you know kids, in one ear out
>>> the other. I have him on a limited account. I thought XP was
>>> supposed to be that each user had their own customized start menu.
>>> He keeps moving things from the start menu to his desktop... very
>>> annoying!