Interface Customizations phần 1

Interface Customizations First, I would like to describe some useful user interface (UI) customizations. Most of these cant be set using the GUI tools or administrative utilities
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Interface Customizations phần 1Interface CustomizationsFirst, I would like to describe some useful user interface (UI) customizations. Most ofthese cant be set using the GUI tools or administrative utilities.Registry Values for Configuring Start the Menu in Windows XP and WindowsServer 2003Most users, especially beginners, will prefer to customize the taskbar and Start menuusing the standard Graphical User Interface (GUI). However, there are lots of capabilitiesthat allow advanced users to customize the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003interface by using Group Policy Object Editor or by editing the registry directly. Letscover these settings in more detail.The most convenient way to edit the taskbar and Start menu features is provided byGroup Policy Object Editor. To start editing these policies in a workgroup environmentor on a standalone Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 computer, proceed as follows: 1. Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK. 2. From the File menu, select the Add/Remove Snap-in command. Go to the Standalone tab, and click Add. 3. From the Available Standalone Snap-ins list, select the Group Policy option and click the Add button. When the Select Group Policy Object window opens, select the Local Computer option to edit the local Group Policy Object (GPO) or click Browse to find the Group Policy Object that you want. 4. Click Finish, then Close, then OK. The Group Policy snap-in opens the Group Policy Object for editing. Expand the console tree in the left pane of this window as follows: User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Start Menu and Taskbar (Fig. 13.1). Figure 13.1: Editing the Start menu and taskbar policies using Group Policy EditorNote In a domain environment, to accomplish the same goal you must open the Group Policy tool MMC snap-in, focused on a specific GPO. To do so, start the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in, right-click the name of the domain or organizational unit of interest, and select the Properties command from the context menu. Then, go to the Group Policy tab and highlight the GPO of interest. (Note that if you havent created any other GPOs, only the Default Domain Policy will be available.) Click the Edit button.Lets choose the Force classic Start Menu Properties policy to demonstrate howpolicies are used to edit features. 1. Go to the right pane of the Group Policy window and double-click the Force classic Start Menu item in the list of available policies. The Force classic Start Menu Properties window will open (Fig. 13.2). To view the explanation of the policy settings, click the Explain tab. Figure 13.2: The Setting tab of the Force classic Start Menu Properties window2. To set the selected policy, chose the Enabled radio button and click Apply.3. Now, to view the effect of the application of this policy, open the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window and go to the Start Menu tab. Notice that the Start menu radio button, which is present by default, has become unavailable. The user is now forced to use the classic Windows NT/2000–style Start menu (Fig. 13.3). Figure 13.3: The effect of applying the Force classic Start Menu policyYou can achieve the same result by editing the registry directly. For example, by enablingthe Force classic Start Menu policy, you create the NoSimpleStartMenu registry value(REG_DWORD data type) under theHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer registry key (Fig. 13.4).Figure 13.4: TheHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer registry key reflects the effect of applying the Force classic Start Menu policyOther registry values that you can create to customize the taskbar and Start menu arelisted below. Except where noted, these values are all of the REG_DWORD data type.They reside under the following registry key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerIf the value is set to 1, the restriction is enabled; when the value is at 0, the setting isdisabled. NoStartMenuPinnedList — This setting removes the pinned programs list from the Start menu, along with the Internet and E-mail checkboxes. NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList — This setting removes the frequently used programs list from the Start menu. NoStartMenuMorePrograms — This setting removes the More Programs option from the Start menu. NoCommonGroups — This setting removes common program groups (items in the All Users profile in the More Programs list) from the Start menu. GreyMSIAds — This setting displays partially installed programs in gray on the Start menu. NoWindowsUpdate — This setting disables and removes links to Windows Update and locks access to the Windowsupdate.Microsoft.com site. DisableMyPicturesDirChange — This setting prevents the user from changing the path to the My Pictures folder. DisableMyMusicDirChange — This setting prevents the user from changing the path to the My Music folder. DisableFavoritesDirChange — This setting prohibits the user from changing the path to the Favorites folder. NoStartMenuMyMusic, NoSMMyPictures, NoFavoritesMenu, and NoRecentDocsMenu — These settings remove all user shell folders (except My Documents) from the Start menu, along with the appropriate checkboxes from the Start menu customization dialog. NoSMMyDocs — This setting removes the My Documents folder from the Start menu, along with the appropriate checkbox from the Start menu customization dialog. DisablePersonalDirChange — This setting prevents the user from changing the path to the My Documents folder ...