Automatic restore on boot

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By: Neil In: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain


Hi

I have 50 PCs that are used in a research centre. The PCs are accessed by
many different users daily.
Any number of users will download and install programs from the internet or
from home.
I don't want to lock the PCs down too much as there are some things the
users require that need power user privs. (also I am not too sure about how
to lock the PCs down.)
This allows them to install unrelated silly games etc. that are a pain.

All PCs are win XP

I would like to restore back to a restore point each time the PC boots.
I have a scripted batch file that does this when run from a command line.
Problem is if it runs everytime the PC boots it will keep looping as the PC
automatically reboots to install the restore point.

Am I making sense??

Any thoughts.
 
By: Neil In: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain


Hi

I have 50 PCs that are used in a research centre. The PCs are accessed by
many different users daily.
Any number of users will download and install programs from the internet or
from home.
I don't want to lock the PCs down too much as there are some things the
users require that need power user privs. (also I am not too sure about how
to lock the PCs down.)
This allows them to install unrelated silly games etc. that are a pain.

All PCs are win XP

I would like to restore back to a restore point each time the PC boots.
I have a scripted batch file that does this when run from a command line.
Problem is if it runs everytime the PC boots it will keep looping as the PC
automatically reboots to install the restore point.

Am I making sense??

Any thoughts.
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Perhaps some of the answers for managing these 50 computers can be found
with the shared access tools from Microsoft? More info can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx
 
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