Display (User Management)
Display
The Display object provides several options that control general operating system settings including the desktop and user interface.
Settings
Desktop and Explorer
Remove Windows Welcome
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled) 
Select this check box to remove the initial Welcome to Windows dialog box that appears when a user logs on to a computer for the first time. Clear this check box to display the Welcome dialog box to new users. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is cleared.
Remove IntelliMouse tips
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to remove the Microsoft IntelliMouse tips dialog box that appears when a user logs on to a computer for the first time. Clear this check box to display the Tips dialog box to new users. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is cleared.
Remove "Shortcut to" prefix
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to remove the text Shortcut to when a new desktop shortcut is created. Clear this check box to include the Shortcut to prefix when creating new desktop shortcuts. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is cleared.
Remove Find Fast startup
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to remove the Find Fast shortcut from the Startup folder. Clear this check box to leave the Find Fast shortcut in the Startup folder untouched. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is cleared.
The Find Fast shortcut is created in the Startup folder, by default, with a complete installation of Microsoft Office. This utility builds indexes to documents and is stored on the local drive of the computer. It is used to speed up finding documents from any Office Open dialog box. In most networked environments, there is no need to index the documents on local hard drives since they are typically stored on network shares.
Enabling this option (to remove the shortcut) will not automatically delete the indexes that Find Fast may have already created, however it will prevent the excessive CPU utilization and disk activity that is caused by the execution of the Find Fast utility.
Remove MSN desktop icon
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to remove the MSN icon from the desktop. Clear this check box to leave this default icon on the desktop. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is cleared.
Remove online services desktop folder
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to remove the Online Services desktop folder from the Windows desktop*. Clear this check box to leave this default folder on the desktop. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is cleared.
Disable print popup
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this box to disable the popup from appearing when printing. Clear this box to leave this enable the print popup window. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is to preserve the client setting.
Remove My Documents desktop icon
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to remove the My Documents icon from the Windows desktop. Clear this check box to leave this default icon on the desktop. Gray the check box to leave the client’s setting untouched.
The default for this option is cleared.
Context menu
Enable "Command Prompt Here" (not on Terminal Server client)
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to have the Command Prompt Here shortcut on the context (shortcut) menu when in Windows Explorer. The Command Prompt Here shortcut opens a DOS command window defaulting to the directory that is clicked on in Explorer.
Enable remote control shell extensions (not on Terminal Server client) (not available in Desktop Authority Essentials)
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Select this check box to have a Remote Management shortcut on the context (shortcut) menu when in Windows explorer. The Remote Management shortcut provides the ability to jump directly to a Remote Management session on the workstation.
The default value for this setting is or grayed (preserve client setting)
Keyboard
Enable Num Lock on boot
This check box can be set to one of three (3) different states: on (enabled)
Additional settings
Wallpaper file
Specify an image file to use as wallpaper on all client desktops. The location of the image file may be specified in the form of a path, mapped drive or UNC. Press Browse to locate the image file (.jpg, .gif, .png). Other file types may manually be typed into the entry. Desktop Authority’s dynamic variable selection is available for this field by pressing the F2 key. If specifying a UNC, the location and filename should be specified in the form of \\server\share\filename.bmp.
During the logon process the specified image is copied from the specified location to the client's %Windir% folder.
Leaving this field empty will allow all clients to select their own preferred wallpaper image.
Enter the word clear within parentheses ( ) to disable all clients from using wallpaper.
Example:
- Specify to use a custom logo image file.\\myserver\myshare\mylogo.bmp
- Specify to use Windows’ setup.bmp as the custom image file, $windir\setup.bmp
- Specify to disable client’s wallpaper (clear)
Use current location
Select Use current location to have each client to access the wallpaper image from the selected location.
Note: In order for to use this location all users must have Read access to the selected folder.
Copy file to new location
Select Copy file to new location to have the system copy the selected file to the NETLOGON share where all clients will automatically have access to it.
Registered owner (not on servers)
Enter a Registered Owner name to override the setting that was used during the install of the operating system. Desktop Authority’s dynamic variable selection is available for this field by pressing the F2 key.
Example:
- Specify $FullName Mary Jones
Registered company (not on servers)
Enter a Registered Company name to override the setting that was used during the install of the operating system. Desktop Authority’s dynamic variable selection is available for this field by pressing the F2 key.
Example:
- Specify ABC Incorporated
It is recommended to use static text instead of dynamic variables or macros when Desktop Authority is used on a multi-user environment such as Terminal Server and/or Citrix MetaFrame.
Rename "My Computer" to (not on servers)
Enter a name to use for the MyComputer desktop shortcut. This will override the operating system’s default setting. Desktop Authority’s dynamic variable selection is available for this field by pressing the F2 key.
Example:
- Specify $userid ($wksta)mjones(PC-111)
This setting has no effect on Terminal Server or Citrix Server sessions.
Rename "Network Neighborhood" to (not on servers)
Not available for Windows 7 and later.
Enter a name to use for the Network Neighborhood desktop shortcut. This will override the operating system’s default setting. Desktop Authority’s dynamic variable selection is available for this field by pressing the F2 key.
Example:
- Specify $Domain ABC
This setting has no effect on Terminal Server or Citrix Server sessions.
Validation Logic
Select the Validation Logic tab to set the validation rules for this element.
Notes
Select the Notes tab to create any additional notes needed to document the profile element.
Description
When adding or modifying a profile object element, the description appears above the settings tab. Enter a description to annotate the element. The default value for new profile elements can be changed by going to the system Preferences.