hey, im hoping theres some more experienced group policy pros than I am. Im trying to find how I can centrally turn off the language bar using group policy as well as make the xp search revert to the classic search gui. Any ideas anyone?

See this MS Article. May not be a good idea to turn off Language Bar.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=819783

As for search interface, check out this article.

http://www.petri.co.il/restore_classic_sea..._windows_xp.htm

Good luck.

thx, i'll give it a go

You can also download the MS office GPO templates for a more granular configuration

Cheers,

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