Hi David,
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Didn't see you here! Catch you in the corner.
Ask your system administrator to remove the policy preventing Active
Desktop.
If you are the above and have pro and been playing with gpedit usdo what you
did. If you had a tweaking program (note Active Desktop is automatic in XP -
on if used, off if unused)
NoActiveDesktop
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0
Description
Disables Active Desktop and prevents users from enabling it.
This entry stores the setting of the Disable Active Desktop Group Policy.
Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you
enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured,
Group Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system behaves as
though the value is 0.
Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or not configured.
Active Desktop is disabled by default, but users can enable it.
1 The policy is enabled. Active Desktop is disabled and users cannot
enable it.
When the value of this entry is 1 the system restricts access to the
following items to prevent users from trying to change the setting while a
policy is in effect.
a.. Removes the Active Desktop item from the context menu that appears
when you right-click the desktop;
b.. Removes the Web tab from Display in Control Panel;
c.. Disables the Enable Web content on my desktop item on the General tab
of the Folder Options dialog box.
Change method
To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds
to the Disable Active Desktop policy (User
Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop\Active Desktop).
Note
If both the ForceActiveDesktopOn entry and the NoActiveDesktop entry are set
to 1, the NoActiveDesktop entry is ignored. If the ClassicShell entry is set
to 1, then Active Desktop is disabled and both of these entries are ignored.
To make changes to this entry effective, you must log off of Windows 2000
and then log on again.
Tip
To disable Active Desktop without setting a policy, right-click the desktop,
point to Active Desktop, and then turn off Show Web Content.
For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the
Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion
CD.
For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000
Help.
To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry
entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.
