change taskbar back to blue group policy

[cooper]

Hi guys

 

I have the servers gp settings to classic menu but the taskbar and start button is grey, when i switch it back to full start menu its all grey.

 

How can i get the colour back on

 

I just want a classic start menu in blue and green for all workstations

 

Thanks

 

Cooper

[mrforgetful]

Windows Server doesn't have the awful Blue that XP does, it's designed to have a smaller footprint, no need to look pretty.

[webman]

Yes that's correct, themes use resources - and 'pretty' is not the best use of them on a server. If you really want a blue task bar, go to the Display properties in Control Panel, Appearance tab, Advanced button, Item: 3D Objects. Choose a blue colour, OK....

 

The only side effect of this is that all windows will be blue. But you do get a blue taskbar

[Gatt]

Actually, win2k3 does have the XP Themes - for those who really wanna enable it (i'm with mrforgetful and webman) then you need to enable the Themes service which is Disabled by default

 

Windows 2008 makes it a bit more tricky to enable to Vista Home Basic Theme (ie without Glass) as you need to add the Desktop Experience feature then reboot the server..

[cooper]

Sorry ive edited the post :oops:

 

Had a late one last night,

 

Anyway trying to get gp settings to give users a classic start menu with a green and blue task bar

 

Only can get it in grey

 

Thanks

 

cooper

[mrforgetful]

To set the Start Menu:

 

User Config > Admin Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar > Force Classic Start Menu

 

To set the Theme:

 

User Config > Admin Templates > Desktop Themes > Load a specific Visual Style