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From: derek on 27 May 2010 03:51 Was having the same prob and created both registry values and also changed the group policy thing since im using pro and it worked instantly.Thank you so much. Wesley Vogel wrote: You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic StartMenu. 10-Feb-07 You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic Start Menu. Switch to the XP Start Menu. *And* you cannot have a picture if you have the Welcome Screen turned off. The Start Menu and Welcome Screen use the same picture. To turn the Welcome screen on... Open User Accounts in Control Panel. Click Change the way users log on or off. Select the Use the Welcome screen check box. Click the Apply Options button. Does this folder exist? C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures That is the folder where the default user account pictures are stored. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\ User Account Pictures Is the folder where any the user account pictures that are selected are stored. Does NoUserNameInStartMenu exist in either of these keys? And is NoUserNameInStartMenu set to 1? HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer and/or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer Change NoUserNameInStartMenu to 0. Start | Run | Type: Regedit | Click OK | Navigate to >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and/or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Value Name: NoUserNameInStartMenu Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = display username and picture 1 = hide username and picture Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called NoUserNameInStartMenu and edit the value according to the settings above. Close the Registry Editor, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. If XP Pro, you can use Group Policy... Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK | Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\ Start Menu and Taskbar\ Remove user name from Start Menu Set Remove user name from Start Menu to Not Configured or Disabled. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In news:CECC678F-BC08-4B66-ADBF-57BF207BAF9D(a)microsoft.com, ralliart12 <ralliart12(a)discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked: Previous Posts In This Thread: On Friday, February 09, 2007 11:51 AM ralliart1 wrote: Faulty User Account picture settings Hi. My Start Menu doesn't show my User Account pic anymore. I thought resetting my user account pic again will somehow 'jolt' the picture back into my start menu, but when I access Ctrl Panel>User A/c, I get this to the image as shown in this link: http://www.geocities.com/ralliart12/user_accounts.gif & there's no options from here that allows me to access/modify the photo for my user account? Why is this so, & is there any way to fix this? Thank u. On Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:23 AM Ayush wrote: Re: Faulty User Account picture settings Replied to [ralliart12]s message : Click Start\Run: control userpasswords Good Luck, Ayush. -- XP-Tips [Adjust the vertical space between icons] : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/iconspace.mspx On Saturday, February 10, 2007 2:11 PM Wesley Vogel wrote: You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic StartMenu. You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic Start Menu. Switch to the XP Start Menu. *And* you cannot have a picture if you have the Welcome Screen turned off. The Start Menu and Welcome Screen use the same picture. To turn the Welcome screen on... Open User Accounts in Control Panel. Click Change the way users log on or off. Select the Use the Welcome screen check box. Click the Apply Options button. Does this folder exist? C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures That is the folder where the default user account pictures are stored. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\ User Account Pictures Is the folder where any the user account pictures that are selected are stored. Does NoUserNameInStartMenu exist in either of these keys? And is NoUserNameInStartMenu set to 1? HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer and/or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer Change NoUserNameInStartMenu to 0. Start | Run | Type: Regedit | Click OK | Navigate to >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and/or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Value Name: NoUserNameInStartMenu Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = display username and picture 1 = hide username and picture Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called NoUserNameInStartMenu and edit the value according to the settings above. Close the Registry Editor, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. If XP Pro, you can use Group Policy... Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK | Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\ Start Menu and Taskbar\ Remove user name from Start Menu Set Remove user name from Start Menu to Not Configured or Disabled. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In news:CECC678F-BC08-4B66-ADBF-57BF207BAF9D(a)microsoft.com, ralliart12 <ralliart12(a)discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked: Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Parallel Programming in C# 4.0: A Short Synopsis http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/047afdf6-61ab-4b85-9204-b0f20bdc955a/parallel-programming-in-c.aspx
From: Tom Willett on 27 May 2010 08:40
Hooplehead Eggheader Alert..replying to an old post from 2007 and changing the subject line. <derek brennan> wrote in message news:201052735144ganjatoker(a)hotmail.co.uk... : Was having the same prob and created both registry values and also changed the group policy thing since im using pro and it worked instantly.Thank you so much. : : : : Wesley Vogel wrote: : : You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic StartMenu. : 10-Feb-07 : : You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic Start : Menu. : : Switch to the XP Start Menu. : : *And* you cannot have a picture if you have the Welcome Screen turned off. : The Start Menu and Welcome Screen use the same picture. : : To turn the Welcome screen on... : Open User Accounts in Control Panel. : Click Change the way users log on or off. : Select the Use the Welcome screen check box. : Click the Apply Options button. : : Does this folder exist? : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account : Pictures\Default Pictures : : That is the folder where the default user account pictures are stored. : : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\ : User Account Pictures : : Is the folder where any the user account pictures that are selected are : stored. : : Does NoUserNameInStartMenu exist in either of these keys? And is : NoUserNameInStartMenu set to 1? : : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ : Policies\Explorer : and/or : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ : Policies\Explorer : : Change NoUserNameInStartMenu to 0. : : Start | Run | Type: Regedit | Click OK | : Navigate to >> : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ : CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer : and/or : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ : CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer : : Value Name: NoUserNameInStartMenu : Data Type: REG_DWORD : Value Data: 0 or 1 : 0 = display username and picture : 1 = hide username and picture : : Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called : NoUserNameInStartMenu and edit the value according to the settings above. : Close the Registry Editor, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for : the change to take effect. : : If XP Pro, you can use Group Policy... : Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK | : Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\ : Start Menu and Taskbar\ : Remove user name from Start Menu : : Set Remove user name from Start Menu to Not Configured or Disabled. : : -- : Hope this helps. Let us know. : : Wes : MS-MVP Windows Shell/User : : In news:CECC678F-BC08-4B66-ADBF-57BF207BAF9D(a)microsoft.com, : ralliart12 <ralliart12(a)discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked: : : Previous Posts In This Thread: : : On Friday, February 09, 2007 11:51 AM : ralliart1 wrote: : : Faulty User Account picture settings : Hi. My Start Menu doesn't show my User Account pic anymore. I thought : resetting my user account pic again will somehow 'jolt' the picture back into : my start menu, but when I access Ctrl Panel>User A/c, I get this to the image : as shown in this link: : : http://www.geocities.com/ralliart12/user_accounts.gif : : & there's no options from here that allows me to access/modify the photo for : my user account? Why is this so, & is there any way to fix this? : : Thank u. : : On Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:23 AM : Ayush wrote: : : Re: Faulty User Account picture settings : Replied to [ralliart12]s message : : : Click Start\Run: : control userpasswords : : : : Good Luck, Ayush. : -- : XP-Tips [Adjust the vertical space between icons] : : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/iconspace.mspx : : On Saturday, February 10, 2007 2:11 PM : Wesley Vogel wrote: : : You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic StartMenu. : You cannot have a picture on your Start Menu if you use the Classic Start : Menu. : : Switch to the XP Start Menu. : : *And* you cannot have a picture if you have the Welcome Screen turned off. : The Start Menu and Welcome Screen use the same picture. : : To turn the Welcome screen on... : Open User Accounts in Control Panel. : Click Change the way users log on or off. : Select the Use the Welcome screen check box. : Click the Apply Options button. : : Does this folder exist? : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account : Pictures\Default Pictures : : That is the folder where the default user account pictures are stored. : : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\ : User Account Pictures : : Is the folder where any the user account pictures that are selected are : stored. : : Does NoUserNameInStartMenu exist in either of these keys? And is : NoUserNameInStartMenu set to 1? : : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ : Policies\Explorer : and/or : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ : Policies\Explorer : : Change NoUserNameInStartMenu to 0. : : Start | Run | Type: Regedit | Click OK | : Navigate to >> : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ : CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer : and/or : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ : CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer : : Value Name: NoUserNameInStartMenu : Data Type: REG_DWORD : Value Data: 0 or 1 : 0 = display username and picture : 1 = hide username and picture : : Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called : NoUserNameInStartMenu and edit the value according to the settings above. : Close the Registry Editor, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for : the change to take effect. : : If XP Pro, you can use Group Policy... : Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK | : Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\ : Start Menu and Taskbar\ : Remove user name from Start Menu : : Set Remove user name from Start Menu to Not Configured or Disabled. : : -- : Hope this helps. Let us know. : : Wes : MS-MVP Windows Shell/User : : In news:CECC678F-BC08-4B66-ADBF-57BF207BAF9D(a)microsoft.com, : ralliart12 <ralliart12(a)discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked: : : : Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice : Parallel Programming in C# 4.0: A Short Synopsis : http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/047afdf6-61ab-4b85-9204-b0f20bdc955a/parallel-programming-in-c.aspx |