Why not just let each user configure their PC however they want? Mandating things like colors and wallpapers is beyond Gattica/Hitler- esque, that is just asinine IMHO.
On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:03 AM, James Rankin wrote: > The corporate desktop is blue...which is why I was trying to find > out how to change icon text colour to black via the Registry. Can't > do it via the GUI because I am using mandatory profiles and opening > the base profile for editing is very dodgy (besides manipulating the > Registry). > > 2008/10/10 Glen Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I can tell you from my own experience, white on blue is not good for > me. > > I have limited vision and I find that green or yellow on black is > much easier on my bad eye. > > > From: Andy Crellin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 8:47 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Text colour > > > Have you considered that she has a genuine problem with seeing that > particular combination of colours and shadows? I work for a > disability charity and it's amazing how often people dismiss others > problems just because they don't fit into their own interpretation > of disability. > > > It's quite possible she is actually just a PITA, but that's not > always the case. > > > Andy. > > > From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 October 2008 13:33 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Text colour > > > I'd love to do that, but this is Britain. Health and Safety have > more powers than the police. And if I say something as non-PC as > suggesting she get her eyesight checked, I'd probably find myself > fired. > > 2008/10/10 Joe Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If it looks fine to you and to everyone else, except this user, I > would politely suggest that she have her eyeglasses prescription > updated. > > Joe Fox > Systems/Network Administrator > > Mobile# (716) 846-9308 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:39 AM, James Rankin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a blue corporate desktop background delivered via mandatory > profiles. The mandatory profile also has white icon text with drop > shadows. looks nice, I think, and so do most of the users. However, > I have one PITA user (who happens to be on the health and safety > committee) who says that it looks blurry to her (even with her > glasses on), and that it must be changed, as this allegedly > constitutes a health and safety violation. > > Anyone know where in the Registry the icon text colour is stored/ > altered? I can't seem to find anything via my Google-fu (although it > is admittedly weak this morning as I was ensconced in the pub last > night). I would much rather just kick the user in question to death, > but unfortunately that is not an available option :-) > > TIA, > > > JRR > > > > > > > > > > > > > Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard > Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of > this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of > the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard > Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in > error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. > > > Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, > registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: > 218186 (England & Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 > 3223 75. Registered office: 66 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RL. > > > > > > > > > > > > > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
