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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Rolling out Classic Start Menu to multiple machines |
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:52 am
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Rolling out Classic Start Menu to multiple machines |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:08 am
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| Bit of a breakthrough today, thought I'd lay it out here for anyone following in my footsteps. So, when installing classic shell onto a number of RDS servers so that all clients see the shell menu, the best way to approach it appears to be: Log into an RDS server, install Classic shell as normal Mak... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Rolling out Classic Start Menu to multiple machines |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:40 am
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| So I load the settings by installing classic shell onto the 'untouched' machine then restore from the XML file, will this do all the settings correctly, even those set directly in the registry...... if so, do I need to import the Classic Shell registry template files onto the 'untouched' server first? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Rolling out Classic Start Menu to multiple machines |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:41 am
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| So assuming that I have one system fully configured exactly how I want it, how do I roll that configuration out to other machines. For completeness, I have Classic Start Menu fully configured on one of my RDS servers (logged in as Administrator) I now need to roll the menu out to 5 other RDS servers... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Locked out of classic start menu configuration page |
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:12 am
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Please see attached.
Thanks (again) for the assistance! |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:34 am
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| Hi Ivo Thanks for all the help. Unfortunately somehow (I have no idea how) I seem to have locked myself out of the classic shell control panel on my 2 RDS servers I've been through all of my GPOs and can't see anything that would stop access but it simply won't open. Are there any back door ways int... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Locked out of classic start menu configuration page |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:05 am
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| I'm not sure how I've managed to do it (I've been having a nightmare trying to configure Classic Shell) but I seem to have managed to lock myself out of the configuration page for classic shell on one of my RDS servers even when logged in as Administrator. I have no idea where to even begin to sort ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:26 am
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| It's not quite as straightforward as that sadly, the settings that I set via Group Policy on the domain controller are pushed out to all the students who log in, that's fine. The issue is that not all of the settings that I need to set can be done within Group Policy, some seem to need to be done on... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:16 pm
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| So, I've run it on both the Domain Controller and the RDS server, file outputs attached. In terms of the functionality I'm missing, these are the things that I still need to lock down before I can allow the students to log on, I'm aware that not all of these are controlled by Classic Shell, but I li... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:11 pm
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| No issues, I can do that. Which machine would you like me to run it from? The domain controller (doesn't have classic shell installed but does control all our Group Policy processing The RDS server (does have classic shell installed but I can only log in locally to it using the domain admin a/c and ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Installation Questions |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:07 pm
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| Thanks Gaurav, I have read the post you've linked and whilst I can see what they're saying, I don't have a completed registry to copy the settings from Is there a list somewhere of all the registry commands that can be used. For example, I need to stop users being able to right click on the start bu... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Installation Questions |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:17 pm
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| I have another much more technical question open elsewhere, but I think this is sufficiently different to warrant a new question. I'm trying to sort out Classic Shell start menu and I'm nearly there, but I can't see how to make some of the changes I need. Basically wherever a change needs to be made... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:40 am
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| OK, so I've just confirmed that the above is the case, I changed a setting within Group Policy for Classic Shell and it's applied to all students who log in. That's not an issue, I just need to find where in group policy a couple of the options are set and I should be away. I'm assuming setting it u... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:30 am
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| On both the RDS servers, when I log in as Administrator I see the classic shell menu. When I log in any of the students to the thin client machines, I also get the classic shell menu, but it's not got the same skin as those on the admin accounts when I log directly into the servers. The strange thin... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:38 am
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| So in theory what you're saying makes perfect sense.... Unfortunately the reality is a little different. Both of my RDS servers now have identical start menus that are close to exactly how I want them to appear for users. Unfortunately users aren't picking up the start menus from the RDS servers whe... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:42 am
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| The whole situation is now possibly unrescuable... For whatever reason I now have 3 different start menus, one on each of my 2 RDS servers and a totally different one on my test user. I have tried setting various group policy options (group policy is set on my main domain controller that doesn't hav... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:14 am
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| To update a little before you reply again, to try and get back to a stable footing, I have now uninstalled Classic Shell from my RDS server and my RDS test client. The GPO still exists, but applying that to the RDS test client doesn't result in the classic shell menu appearing again....... I think I... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:12 am
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| Sorry to keep being a pain but that's not working... Let me try and be a little more precise in the hope that that helps you to see where I'm going wrong. So, I have 2 RDS servers that I need to lock down the start menu functionality on... Classic shell is the recommended way of doing that, so initi... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:52 am
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| Thanks for that, I've installed the relevant GPO plugins onto my main domain controller (where all my GPs are processed) and I can see there are a number of options under the Classic Shell menu. Where I get confused though is how I now go from here to having the start menu that I have already set up... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:43 am
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| Apologies for the delay in replying, I think I've actually moved on a great deal from my last post.... I now have the classic shell menu appearing for all of my users - absolutely brilliant, wish I'd discovered it a month ago. Two small issues remain though. Firstly, the first time a student logs in... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:50 am
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| Absolutely perfectly... there are still a few options (administrative tools) that appear on the start menu, but I'm guessing that traditional Group Policy will take care of those? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell and RDS Server |
| derekmines |
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:22 am
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| Firstly, what a cracking piece of software, I have a feeling that it will solve my issue once and for all but I can't see where to make my settings changes and I wonder if I could get some help please? I am installing a new RDS 2012 R2 server for my students to log into and I want to lock it all the... |
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