How Can I Change Mouse Settings for All Users?

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I am setting up a small P2P network (6 PCs running XP Pro) for my local
school. The new computers use the Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical with
two main buttons a click wheel and two side buttons. The problem is
that the side buttons are easily and inadvertantly pressed by the young
children. I've installed the latest software for the mouse and can
disable the side buttons via the control panel, but that only changes
it for whoever I'm logged in as. How can I disable them globally for
all users so I don't have to do it for each account on each machine?

Thanks,
Jim
 
peredo said:
I am setting up a small P2P network (6 PCs running XP Pro) for my local
school. The new computers use the Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical with
two main buttons a click wheel and two side buttons. The problem is
that the side buttons are easily and inadvertantly pressed by the young
children. I've installed the latest software for the mouse and can
disable the side buttons via the control panel, but that only changes
it for whoever I'm logged in as. How can I disable them globally for
all users so I don't have to do it for each account on each machine?

Thanks,
Jim
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1. Log on under a non-admin account, e.g. "student".
2. Get everything just the way you want it, including your mouse settings.
3. Reboot the machine.
4. Log on as administrator.
5. Via the Control Panel / System, copy the "student" profile to
the default user folder (c:\Documents and Settings\Default User).
6. Delete all other folders in c:\Documents and Settings that relate
to user log-ins. Leave non-user folders as they are.
7. Repeat this process on the other 5 PCs.

If this is too time-consuming then you can try a registry hack:
- Identify the registry key that controls this mouse behaviour.
- Write a script to apply this registry key to each PC at
logon time.

Unless you are highly experienced with registry hacks, the
first method will probably get you there faster. It is also cleaner.
 
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