msc, which is not present on the Vista Home editions), and
expand the branches to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\
Start Menu and Taskbar. Double-click Remove and prevent access to the
Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands, select Enabled,
and click OK. You??™ll have to log out and then log back in for this change
to take effect. Of course, once that??™s done, the only way to shut down or
restart (necessary to undo the change) is to use the shutdown commandline
tool described in ???Control Your PC Remotely,??? in Chapter 7, or
press the physical power switch on your PC.
When all is said and done, you??™ll have a leaner, cleaner Start menu that contains
only the items you actually want and use. If you like, you can basically
wipe the Start menu completely clean so that it looks like the one in
Figure 2-8, adorned only with the Search box and your custom picture.
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Customize the Classic Start menu
The Classic Start menu style is not quite as flexible as the standard Vista
Start menu in terms of the items that can be removed, but it??™s more flexible
in the custom items you can add to the top level. The Classic Start menu is
also simpler and smaller, and will feel more familiar to those coming from
Windows 2000 or Windows 98. Figure 2-9 shows a somewhat slimmeddown
Classic Start menu.
The Classic Start menu is divided into only three sections:
Custom programs
The space above the horizontal bar is a fully customizable free-for-all,
and somewhat of a saving grace for the Classic Start menu.
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