Start Menu (Windows® XP) preference items allow you to update the Start menu for computers running the Windows Server® 2003 or Windows XP operating system. Start Menu preference items do not provide a selection of actions because the only possible action is Update.
Creating a Start Menu (Windows XP) item
To create a new Start Menu preference item |
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Open the Group Policy Management Console. Right-click the Group Policy object (GPO) that should contain the new preference item, and then click Edit.
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In the console tree under User Configuration, expand the Preferences folder, and then expand the Control Panel Settings folder.
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Right-click the Start Menu node, point to New, and select Start Menu (Windows XP).
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In the New Start Menu (Windows XP) Properties dialog box, enter Start menu options for Group Policy to configure. (For more information, see Enable and Disable Settings in a Preference Item.)
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Click the Common tab, configure any options, and then type your comments in the Description box. (For more information, see Configure Common Options.)
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Click OK. The new preference item appears in the details pane.
Additional considerations
- Settings that are unavailable cannot be
enabled or disabled. You cannot configure these settings using a
Start Menu preference item.
- You can use item-level targeting to change
the scope of preference items.
- Preference items are available only in
domain-based GPOs.
Additional references
- Start Menu
Extension
- For additional information on configuring
settings in Windows, see the Windows Server 2008 TechCenter
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91710).