High School Antics

Clarifications

http://library-cafe.com/article/how-to-renaming-the-start-button-under-task-bar-473-1.html

there :) didnt know you cud actually do that :) u got some smart kids there :)

It's not a registry entry -- it's part of explorer.exe. The students are modifying the file. A quick fix would be to replace the modified version of explorer.exe with a copy that hasn't been modified. See the following for more info:

http://libertyboy.free.fr/computing/tips/w_sm_na.php

http://www.plasma-online.de/index.html?content=http%3A//www.plasma-online.com/english/help/solutions/win_startmenu_b.html

http://www.theeldergeek.com/change_text_on_xp_start_button1.htm

That's pretty creative without being offensive! Find the kid and give him a part time job. Also, keep explorer.exe backed up as that is where the value is kept. You need a hex editor or a tool that does it for you, as well as rights to explorer.exe...not to mention the ability to edit the registry. Sounds like someone did the work manually or downloaded an app out there somewhere to do it for them. Either way, sounds like the machines need to be locked down a little tighter. Good luck with the poopie!

It's an explorer.exe hack.

What I never knew, was that you weren't limited to five characters in XP. Of course, I never did a recompile, I just hex-edited explorer back in Win98. You can also hack the icon on the button in user32.dll.

Resource Hacker, and other tools, make this fairly easy now. These kids should not have privileges to edit these files. Those systems should be secured.

me of the old days in DOS when I had to modify command.com to rename autoexec.bat to bernie and hide it so the kids couldn't modify it. Looks like you better disable the command prompt and tighten up security.