Remove Printers and Faxes from Start menu

[JAMIN]

Hi,
I would like to ensure that the client machines do not show the Printers and Faxes in the XP Start menu. I can remove everything except the printers and faxes icon from the start menu.Any recommendations and suggestions are appreciated.

[Calvin K]

1. Right-click on an empty area of the taskbar, choosing "Properties".

2. When the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, select the "Start Menu" tab.

3. Click the "Customize" button.

4. The "Customize Start Menu" multi-tabbed dialog box should appear. Select the "Advanced" tab.

5. Underneath "Start menu items", uncheck "Printers and Faxes".

6. Click "OK" on the dialog boxes to close them.

[jesse]

Start > Run > gpedit.msc
Then go to: User Configuration > Administrative Template > Start Menu and Taskbar.On the right side, Enable Remove Programs on Settings Menu.
This works on Windows XP.

[Solomon]

hi,
The disabling of function keys could cause a multitude of problems .. If the user is not a member of a group that can access (via acl's) the shared printer then try as they might they cant print to it.. much less see the printer.

[SalVatore]

You can add, remove and configure local and network printers and fax printers using printers and faxes option in start menu. The installed printers can be checked on the folder link of this option or can be displayed as a cascaded menu. To avoid the display of printers and faxes option in new start menu, apply this registry setting. For this, go to start > run, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value start_showprinters, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 0 which can hide printers and faxes item from the new start menu. However, if you want to show the item back, change the value data to 1 or delete the value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: this setting will have no effect if you use the classic start menu display in windows.