captainslow

Hmmm. This is more promising! Thanks for your help. I will have a quick play as well....

Thanks for the info. This does set up a standard screen. However, I want to be able to update everyone's screen centrally. At the moment, if I drop a shortcut into the correct 'global' folder, all appropriate users can instantly see it.

At my school we have redirect the Start Menu and Desktops for workstations a shared area on the server. This way we can maintain a consistent experience for the users. Different groups have different icons available as appropriate. This works fine for XP and Windows 7 workstations. However, there does not appear to be a way of doing this in Windows 8 with the Start Screen. I was hoping Windows 8.1 would resolve this issue. I have just installed the preview version, and have been disappointed to find it doesn't seem to support this either. I did find this article, but I want to be able to update things on the fly, not just for when a user first logs on. Has anyone else found a way round this? Are there any 3rd party Start Menu replacements that support this?