I understand what you are saying.
There are “some” Group policies but there doesn’t appear to be any that allow you to programmatically add or remove tiles. This I find to be unacceptable, just like how you couldn’t (and still can’t) manage pinned items on the taskbar in Windows 7 via Group Policy. It’s something that should have been added to GPP. Grab the GP reference for Windows 2012 and 2008 here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25250 Then filter the “Supported On” to anything that has Windows 8 listed. This resulted in 167 policies for me. Only a handful have anything to do with the Windows 8 Start GUI or whatever you would like to call it. This is quite a failure imo as it greatly inhibits our ability to ease users into the Windows 8 transition. Using GPP to automate shortcut creation makes it so much easier for the end user. The shortcut they want is “right there”. Not being able to do this for the Windows 8 start screen just further inhibits the acceptance of Windows 8 by the average end user. If we could manage that screen with GPP we could remove all the unnecessary tiles and just give the users what they need. That screen wouldn’t be so daunting then. James. From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? I look at the Surface Pro as running both Windows RT (WinRT) and “regular Windows” or am I look at things completely wrong? From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 1:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? I think Rod’s confusion stems from the fact that the Surface Pro runs regular Windows, not Windows RT. Windows RT is only available on the Surface RT Cheers Ken From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013 4:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Sorry I was a not clear. I wanted to ask what can be managed within Windows RT on the Surface Pro via Group Policy if anything. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Within RT on the Pro? Not sure I understand that. RT contains much of the same policies, they are just local, but can be managed using Windows Intune. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Ryan Finnesey Sent: March 24, 2013 10:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Is there any GPO support within RT on the pro? Can you control what tiles and Apps are displayed? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? I’m very fond of GPOs and full application support. From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Why is the RT not appropriate for business? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? The Pro is very slick and I’ve got a hospital client that is testing them. So far, they are very happy with them. I don’t think the RT is appropriate in a business environment. Just IMHO. From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Not RT but the project I am on, the IT virtual desktop team is testing the Pro device and they love them. They prefer them to the iPads. I can’t provide any specifics as that is not the part of the project I am working on. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional <http://www.carlwebster.com/> http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RT devices? I am curious to know if anyone is thinking or has deployed RT devices to their end users. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
