Preventing changes to TaskBar & Start Menu Settings

Please tell me how to "prevent" changes to TaskBar and Start Menu Settings. Is this mean the same thing as "pin" to Start Menu, need to know how to"prevent" the change.

Hi,
Refer below link too midify all the policies belongs to Start menu and Taskbar. ( Restrict users to set Pin to start menu)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617162(v=ws.10).aspx
Below link will guide you to how to restrict users to block start menu
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-restrict-users-from-customizing-start-menu-or-start-screen-layout-in-windows/
For Takbar-->
\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu & Taskbar
Disable context menus for the taskbar
Regards,
Manjunath Sullad

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Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 06/06/2011 7:29:50 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: UberHal
Description:
Faulting application name: firefox.exe, version: 2.0.1.4120, time stamp: 0x4da6a9fb
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
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Faulting process id: 0x1aec
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc24a1a155376a
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
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<Task>100</Task>
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<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>UberHal</Computer>
<Security />
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<Data>2.0.1.4120</Data>
<Data>4da6a9fb</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>8d394fd6</Data>
<Data>1aec</Data>
<Data>01cc24a1a155376a</Data>
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Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: UberHal
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Cab Id: 0
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P3: 4da6a9fb
P4: StackHash_0a9e
P5: 0.0.0.0
P6: 00000000
P7: 8d394fd6
P8: c0000005
P9: 00000008
P10:
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Analysis symbol:
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Report Status: 0
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
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<Data>5</Data>
<Data>BEX</Data>
<Data>Not available</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>firefox.exe</Data>
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<Data>4da6a9fb</Data>
<Data>StackHash_0a9e</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>8d394fd6</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>00000008</Data>
<Data>
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C:\Users\MC\AppData\Local\Temp\WERD47E.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml</Data>
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<Data>
</Data>
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<Data>df4396d9-9094-11e0-8761-0026180e006b</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

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To work around this issue, type a single open bracket ([) in the Start in
field.
In addition, refer to the link below on "Configure shortcuts" in OCT:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179097.aspx#Configure_shortcuts
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Tylor Wang
TechNet Community Support

I did this -- Windows 7 and Vista 1. Select the Start Menu in the Windows Taskbar. 2. In the Search box, enter the following: %APPDATA% 3. Press Enter. 4. From the Application Data folder, navigate to Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox. 5. D

When I sign out of FF and want to go back in, I have to go through Task Mgr each time by deleting FF and then signing back in. I followed these directions -- Select the Start Menu in the Windows Taskbar. 2. In the Search box, enter the following: %APPDATA% 3. Press Enter. 4. From the Application Data folder, navigate to Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox. 5. Delete the file xpicleanup.dat. 6. Restart Firefox. --- but I could not find Mozilla Firefox under 'Program Files'.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== about a week ago

Where did you find those instructions to delete the '''xpicleanup.dat''' file?

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