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You're welcome Jon - glad to help and thanks for the feedback.
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"Jon Danniken" <jonREMOVETHISdanniken@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hey Will,
>
> I looked in there, but I don't have any entries in there.
>
> In any case, I was finally able to set DWORD "StartMenuLogoff" with a
> value of "1" in
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
> and now the annoying "Log Off" is gone. I don't know why it wouldn't let
> me set it before, but for whatever reason it's working a treat now.
>
> I'm still curious about the apparant radio button that exists somewhere,
> but I'll have to defer that curiousity for now (unless you know a way to
> directly access windows.hlp#51133)
>
> Thanks a ton for spending the time with me on this one, Will, I do
> appreciate that very much.
>
> Jon
>
>
> "Will Denny" wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> What, if any, entries have you got for:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartMenu\StartMenuLogoff\Policy\ForceStartMenuLogoff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jon Danniken" wrote:
>>> Thanks for your response, Will, but unfortunately I already tried that
>>> before I made my initial post. I used the "NoLogOff" value of 1 in
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
>>> but it has no effect.
>>>
>>> While I haven't performed this on an XP machine before, I have never had
>>> a problem before with about a dozen installs of Win2000.
>>>
>>> The
>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
>>> branch does not exist; there is a "..\policies\" (small "p") branch, but
>>> there is no "Exlorer" in it.
>>>
>>> Oddly enough, while investigating, I found the following branch:
>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartMenu\StartMenuLogoff,
>>> but I am unsure as to what the nine keys contained therein do. They do
>>> seem to indicate that there is a "checked value" determination, which
>>> would suggest that there is a form somewhere with a button to check to
>>> enable/disable the "Log Off", but I do not know where this is.
>>>
>>> Any further suggestions will be most appreciated,
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
>>> "Will Denny" wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
>>>>
>>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
>>>>
>>>> 0(Zero) = Show Log Off
>>>> 1 = No Log Off
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jon Danniken" wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using XP sp2, and cannot seem to remove the "Log Off" from the
>>>>> Start Menu. I tried two registry adjustments to
>>>>> [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer],
>>>>> but neither of them worked (NoLogOff dword 1 didn't work, and
>>>>> StartMenuLogoff isn't an allowed value (it exists elsewhere).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm new to XP from 2000, so my normal routine isn't working for me.
>>>>> Any suggestions on how to remove this would be most appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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