Problem in brief: when a user logs onto an NT4 SP6 Workstation for the first time, their user profile is being created from the WINNT\Profiles\Default User\ directory. Even though I have customized the Start Menu within that directory, at first logon, NT is adding its own items to the Start Menu of the the users’ new profile (including Windows NT Explorer, which is dangerous in the hands of students, along with a whole Accessories group). These menu items are not coming from the All Users profile; I suspect they are probably hidden in the Registry, but after serious combing through the registry cannot find them. I have tried creating a test user, deleting these extra menu items, and copying the test users ntuser.dat over the Default User’s ntuser.dat (giving permissions to Everyone). Tried Custom Start Menus in Policy Editor. Don’t think mandatory profiles will work for standardizing start menus in our situation because every NT4 lab has a different software package. Help or alternate suggestions ap
