Recent content by howardmp

Hello Punk, Did you get any response from Microsoft?. I'm wondering if this is a bug as the description of the setting is exctly what I'm attempting to do. Ta Howard

Thanks. Much appreciated.

According to MS; The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a value of 0 is disabled. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Registry Value:"NoSimpleStartMenu" Ta Howard

Thanks, that would very usefull. Yep just need to disable the Classic Start menu / Force the new XP menu to be used. Howard

Just tested with an account that's only a standard user with no elevated rights. Setting still not taking effect. thanks Howard

Hello Punk, I've now tried setting the themes as suggested by Mooz, this doesn't seem to have any effect on the Start Menu appearance, just the desktop. Yep I've got a no override set on the policy. GPresult is showing no errors and other settings within the policy arebeing applied. Maybe I've...

Maddmatt, This is what I originally thought, but the setting doen't seem to work. i.e users can change back to classic and setting remains even after they logoff/logon. Howard

Thanks Mooz - I'll see what I can do with Group Policy the Themes. ? Venom - It's all to do with giving the user base a standard apearance so that Help Desk always have the same options to guide them through. Thanks Howard

Hello all, I'm trying to set a policy which will force our user base to use the new XP Start menu style, the setting I've found is "Force classic start menu = Disabled", the description suggests that it should do what I want but I'm finding users are able to change back to the classic and their...