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Managing Start Menus in Windows 9x Labs |
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Kenn's
19990103: Managing Start Menus in Windows 9x Labs
January/1999
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Managing Windows 9x Start Menus in school labs can quickly become a time-consuming and tedious chore, especially when the potential pitfalls are not understood. If you have not already done so, please read the November/1997 Tech Note #2 now! In addition to the potential problems caused by shortcuts created on systems with File and Print Sharing enabled, lab facilitators need now to understand the role of user profiles in Windows 9x. All workstations which have LockIt95 v2.3 installed have user profiles enabled. User profiles is a requirement for that software. User profiles causes - among other things - each user to have a separate start menu. In particular, there are three start menus lab facilitators should be aware of: <windows directory>\Start Menu - this is the start menu a user gets if they have not logged on to the system before. <windows directory>\profiles\student\Start Menu - this is the start menu for Student. <windows directory>\profiles\studentl\Start Menu - this is the start menu for StudentL. When updating Start Menus, either follow the instructions in the Workstation Information 1998 1999 document. The instructions on page 21 should be adequate for most scenarios. All lab facilitators and techs will already have a copy of this document, assuming they attended MaryLouise's in-services in September. If they have misplaced their copy they can always download a new copy from the ftp site. If techs or lab facilitators wish to automate the process by copying a Start Menu from a network share, ensure the new start menus are copied to C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu, C:\WINDOWS\PROFILES\STUDENTL\Start Menu, and C:\WINDOWS\PROFILES\STUDENTL\Start Menu. If there are other locked users, the start menu needs to be copied there as well. It is important that techs bring lab facilitators up to speed on these issues as quickly as is convenient. |
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