![]() Here is a set of Group Policies to control the user’s Start Menu and Taskbar. Remove Network & Dial-up Connections from Start Menuĭisable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settingsĭisable and remove the Shut Down command or Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command Summary of Start Menu Group Policy Remove common program groups from Start Menu When you employ Group Policies to lock down a Terminal Server session on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based I recommend that you create a new organizational unit and a test user to experiment with the settings.ĭisable and remove links to Windows Update Give this permissions monitor a try – it’s free!ĭownload Permissions Analyser – Free Active Directory Tool Think of all the frustration that this free utility saves when you are troubleshooting authorization problems for users access to a resource. When you launch this tool it analyzes a users effective NTFS permissions for a specific file or folder, takes into account network share access, then displays the results in a nifty desktop dashboard! I like the Permissions Monitor because it enables me to see quickly WHO has permissions to do WHAT. Guy Recommends: Permissions Analyzer – Free Active Directory Tool (One who is heavily restricted!) See the run command in Windows 8 For example, you have a Kiosk or public area machine and you want only a special user to be logged on. ‘Remove Logoff from the Start Menu’, is an example of specialist Group Policy for particular circumstance. I have to say there are some ‘Luddite’ settings that I would not want on my network, like ‘Force classic Start Menu’, or ‘Prevent Grouping of Taskbar items’. In amongst all the restrictive settings is one positive item that I thoroughly recommend: * ‘ Add Logoff to the start menu‘. ![]() Rather like putting blinkers on horses, restricting places such as: * My Network Places, My Music, Search and All Programs List, may make your users run faster! If you warm to this ‘Mr Nasty’ theme, then you could remove the clock and even hide the notification area. However if you remove this feature, then be sure to make all their programs available from the Start Menu. Ask yourself, ‘Do my users need this capability?’ If you answer in the negative, then they have no business purpose for the Run Box’. Take as an example, * ‘Remove Run menu from Start Menu’. In this section, there are over twenty policies which just remove programs or folders from the Start Menu. These Start Menu settings remind me of where policies started – with Poledit and NT 4.0. Start Menu and Taskbar (Note Taskbar not Task Manager)
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