Group Policy ADM - Hide TightVNC tray icon

Save the following using a text editor as "vnctrayicon.adm" :

;Policy to hide tightvnc system tray icon on computer
;VALUE 0 = ICON VISIBLE
;VALUE 1 = ICON HIDDEN

CLASS MACHINE

CATEGORY "VNC Tray Icon"

KEYNAME "SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3"
POLICY "Hide VNC Tray Icon"
EXPLAIN "Hides TightVNC Tray Icon"
VALUENAME "DisableTrayIcon"
VALUEON NUMERIC "1"

END POLICY
END CATEGORY

Import into your GPO (it applies to the machine not user) and run:
"gpupdate /force /boot" on the client.

The setting only applies after rebooting the client and can be verified by checking that the following registry entry has been created/modified:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\DisableTrayIcon REG_DWORD 1

Kubuntu Jaunty - Amarok 2 stops playing mp3's

New upgrade to Jaunty: Amarok 2 worked fine for while and then refused to play with mp3's (flac, ogg etc still OK). Fix was to close Amarok and type the following into konsole:

mv ~/.xine ~/.xine.bak

.xine is recreated next time you start Amarok and hey presto mp3's play again.

Don't even get me started on the ati open/propriatory 3d drivers :(

Time to buy a Nvidia and ditch my dual X1950 Pro Crossfire combo....

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