AndreasChristoforides
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Windows Server 2008 - Active Directory - Change Task Bar Color
I have a large environment of servers in test and production environments. Due to the fact that sometimes i cannot differentiate which server is which i want to change from active directory their their task bar color. They are more than 300 servers in both environments so is easily to do a mistake. What are the steps to do that from Active Directory ?
Can i also do that with the Start Button? Can i change for all those servers in the test environment, lets say, the name of the start button to -> TESTING ENVIRONMENT.
Can i also do that with the Start Button? Can i change for all those servers in the test environment, lets say, the name of the start button to -> TESTING ENVIRONMENT.
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Hello Seth
Thanks for the file, i have seen it before. Unfortunately when i will open a window all those information are not going to be visible to me. That's why i prefer the task bar because that way all service engineer will be able to differentiate what server are they working on anytime. If its a Production or Testing Environment.
Thanks for the file, i have seen it before. Unfortunately when i will open a window all those information are not going to be visible to me. That's why i prefer the task bar because that way all service engineer will be able to differentiate what server are they working on anytime. If its a Production or Testing Environment.
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So i guess i am not going to receive an answer on this question ... :(
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that will work on an OU basis
if you have multiple servers in the same OU then that will be applied to all meaning the color will be the same
if you have 30 servers in the same OU then all 30 will be the same color
how does that help?
if you have multiple servers in the same OU then that will be applied to all meaning the color will be the same
if you have 30 servers in the same OU then all 30 will be the same color
how does that help?
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After several days i have discovered myself the solution and it works perfectly. I found the solution from the Book Windows Server 2012 Unleashed.
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Seth that was my idea from the beginning. Because i have a large environment with servers i place them that OU. Then the servers will get that theme.
I have a large test and production environment and i want my engineers to differentiate when they log on a server to be able to understand IMMEDIATELY is that server is in a production or a test environment. Have in mind Seth that in a normal day i myself i might log into 200 servers minimum. So mistakes do happen. With the color on the task bar i realize my engineers so far they did not do a single mistake !
I have a large test and production environment and i want my engineers to differentiate when they log on a server to be able to understand IMMEDIATELY is that server is in a production or a test environment. Have in mind Seth that in a normal day i myself i might log into 200 servers minimum. So mistakes do happen. With the color on the task bar i realize my engineers so far they did not do a single mistake !
maybe bginfo is a better solution...it will put computer info on the desktop and can see the computer name there
BgInfo
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557