If you want to rename an item that appears in the Start Menu, click the Start Menu, then right-click on the item whose name you want to change, then click Rename. Enter the new name for the item and press Enter when done. Viola, the item has been changed.
So what?
Well, if you’re like me and keep forgetting that when you open a Command Prompt on SBS 2008 that you’re not running the command prompt as an administrator, you might want to rename the Command Prompt item to something like “Command Prompt - Run as Administrator” so that you remember you need to right-click the Command Prompt icon and select Run As Administrator so you can get administrative access to a command prompt when needed. Just a thought.
Hi Eriq,
A better way, well different anyway, is to type cmd in the start search, hold down ctrl-shift and hit enter. Ta-da, admin command prompt.
Totally mouseless:
Win cmd ctrl-shift-enter left-arrow enter
Bob
Yeah, it’s very cool that you can do any command as administrator by entering it into the search field then hitting Crtl-Shift-Enter (http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/10/01/running-just-about-anything-as-admin-in-2008/). But if, like me, you keep forgetting that you need to do something as Admin, you still have to remember to add the extra keys. I’m needing this as a visual reminder that Admin is different in 2008 more than anything.
-Q
I always rename “Computer” to the computer name. Makes it easy to figue out which one I am remoted into.
Eagerly anticipating my copy of SBS2008 unleashed…