Windows 2000 Registry

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Hello everyone,

I need to change the registry so that the task bar of a user PC to be
(after the restart) at the state "Always on Top, No Auto hide, Show
clock" even if the user has different options selected.

I have already done this with code in Windows XP

I tried to delete in Windows 2000 the key StuckRects2 but nothing
happened ... the "Auto Hide" option was still selected as it was before
the restart.

I need to find the keys that stores those settings from the task bar.

Thanks in advanced
 
In said:
Hello everyone,

I need to change the registry so that the task bar of a user PC
to be (after the restart) at the state "Always on Top, No Auto
hide, Show clock" even if the user has different options
selected.

I have already done this with code in Windows XP

I tried to delete in Windows 2000 the key StuckRects2 but
nothing happened ... the "Auto Hide" option was still selected
as it was before the restart.

I need to find the keys that stores those settings from the task
bar.
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I believe all that can be accomplished with a Group Policy setting.
Local Comp. Policies
User config.
Admin. templates
Windows components
Start Menu & Taskbar
Disable changes to taskbar and Start menu settings.

If you try it, please post your results.
 
In fact I need to change the user task bar options before he restarts
his computer not to avoid any changes

Thanxs
 
In fact I need to change the user task bar options before he
restarts his computer not to avoid any changes
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You are saying you cannot visit the workstaion and manually change
it then apply the lockout I presume.

Tried using REGMON to monitor for keys/values changed?

Apparently you Multi-Posted to multiple groups. Please always
Cross-Post and set a Follow-up group.
 
Well i am writing the binary value StuckRects2 for "always on top",
then restarting the workstation but after the restart the StuckRects2
value is as it was before the restart, this means with "always on top"
unchecked . What i am asking is if this info is stored in any other
registry key which i have to change in order my changes take affect.

Thanks for the cross post i will check it, just needed an answer very
quickly so i didn't have time to check the rules of the groups.
 
These are the entries that RegShot
(http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regshot.html) found in my Win2K registry:

"Always on top" turned on:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1935655697-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2\Settings:
28 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 06 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 3F 00 00 00 1E 00 00 00
FE FF FF FF E4 02 00 00 02 04 00 00 02 03 00 00

"Auto Hide" turned off (5 entries appeared):
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1935655697-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Desktop\Components\0\Position: 2C 00 00 00 4B 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 B5 03 00 00 E4 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1935655697-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints\C\Version:
0x00000008

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1935655697-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints\C\_Autorun\LastUpdate:
0x00F53A51

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1935655697-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints\C\_DIL\LastUpdate:
0x00F53A51

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1935655697-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2\Settings:
28 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 06 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 3F 00 00 00 1E 00 00 00
FE FF FF FF E4 02 00 00 02 04 00 00 02 03 00 00

"Show Clock" turned on:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1935655697-839522115-1957994488-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2\Settings:
28 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 06 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 3F 00 00 00 1E 00 00 00
FE FF FF FF E4 02 00 00 02 04 00 00 02 03 00 00


I also noticed that
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop]
"Taskbar" was modified each time I changed the taskbar settings for any
reason.

Hope that helps somehow.
 
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