Re: Current User???

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/21/03 

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:59:53 -0500

GPEDIT will apply this policy to all users of the machine, in a peer-peer or
stand alone environment. Editing the Registry manually, applies this
setting to the currently logged on user, yes. See www.dougknox.com, Win XP
Tips, Advanced Registry Editing for a method to edit a different "user's"
CURRENT_USER portion of the Registry, without having to log on to their
desktop.

While it shouldn't exist, you may want to look for the same value in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Some settings here, can override the HKCU setting, even
if HKCU says the policy is to be enforced. 

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:004d01c3b05d$f42d4340$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Won't that change only address the user who is currently
> logged on -- namely me as administrator?  Obviously, I
> can't get to registry unless I'm logged on as that.
> Student user has no rights to registry.
>
> I'm suspicious that this inability to receive the policy
> is buried in my default user profile and I don't know how
> to weed it out.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm not sure why its not working for you, but under User
> Configuration,
> >Administrative Templates, Start Menu and Taskbar, Remove
> access to the
> >context menus for the taskbar, works here.  It prevents
> right clicking the
> >Start button as well.
> >
> >To manually implement this policy, in REGEDIT go to:
> >
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
> n\Policies\Explore
> >r
> >
> >In the right pane, look for or create a DWord value called
> >NoTrayContextMenu.  Set it to 1.
> >
> >-- 
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
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> >
> ><cmire@rummelraiders.com> wrote in message
> >news:096501c3b042$f7ae9610$3101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I deploy Windows XP workstations in a school using
> sysprep
> >> and group policies.  I have locked down the desktop
> pretty
> >> well, and Windows Explorer does not show up BUT when I
> >> right click on START, I get full access to Explorer.
> >>
> >> I have tried using "disable taskbar context" and "no
> file
> >> menu in Explorer" and "restrict access to C drive" but
> >> nothing seems to stop the behavior.
> >>
> >> I need users to be able to find and open their files on
> >> the network drives when they use Office, but I don't
> want
> >> them browsing, etc
> >
> >
> >.
> >