Configure a Start Menu Item (Windows XP)
Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
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
Open the Group Policy Management Console . Right-click the Group Policy object (GPO) that should contain the new preference item, and then click Edit .
In the console tree under User Configuration , expand the Preferences folder, and then expand the Control Panel Settings folder.
Right-click the Start Menu node, point to New , and select Start Menu (Windows XP) .
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.)
Click the Common tab, configure any options, and then type your comments in the Description box. (For more information, see Configure Common Options.)
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
For additional information on configuring settings in Windows, see the Windows Server 2008 TechCenter (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91710).