Forum Discussion
Steve Gillott
May 04, 2017Copper Contributor
Windows 10 Start Menu
Windows 10 works really well in the BYOD space, but the predominant model of usage in U.K. Schools is still shared desktops and will be for some time. We'd love to have a start menu that could be appl...
Michael Niehaus
May 04, 2017Former Employee
We would recommend using the Start screen control group policy for specifying the layout that should be used on machines. This can be completely locked (no users can make changes) or partially locked (a few fixed groups, but users can create new groups and pin their own items into those).
Some of the earlier releases had Start menu reliability issues (in some cases tied into overly-aggressive security software), but the behavior has been pretty stable with the most recent ones. If you are still seeing issues like this, please open a support case.
Sean Hasling
Jun 10, 2017Brass Contributor
I wasn't here during this discussion, but I am surprised that provisioning packages weren't mentioned. These certainly have the ability to provide your users a consistent Start Menu experience.