Locking Desktop Icons

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

I work for one of the local school districts, and have children that are
always deleteing, changing and renaming icons. what policy can be implimented
or program purchased to assist in this problem.
 
kdmiller45 said:
I work for one of the local school districts, and have children that are
always deleteing, changing and renaming icons. what policy can be implimented
or program purchased to assist in this problem.
Click to expand...

Since you haven't told us anything about versions of XP and whether or
not you have a domain, here are some general answers:

a. If you have XP Pro, you can set user permissions/restrictions with
Group Policy (Start>Run>gpedit.msc [enter]) but be careful. Using the
Policy Editor can be tricksy. Questions about Group Policy should be
posted in its newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.group_policy.

b. If you have XP Home, you can use MVP Doug Knox's Security Console or
the MS Shared Computer Toolkit. The Toolkit can also be used in XP Pro
and may be easier for a newbie than using Group Policies.

http://www.dougknox.com
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx
microsoft.public.windows.sharedaccess - Toolkit newsgroup

Also, a very useful program for schools and other environments with lots
of users is DeepFreeze by Faronics.


Malke
 
We're in a Domain Inviroment using Windows Xp Pro.
I looked at the sharedaccess - Toolkit very nice program but still as far as
I could see did not allow us to keep students from deleting, renaming or
creating Icons on the desktop, anyother suggestions.
 
kdmiller45 said:
We're in a Domain Inviroment using Windows Xp Pro.
I looked at the sharedaccess - Toolkit very nice program but still as far as
I could see did not allow us to keep students from deleting, renaming or
creating Icons on the desktop, anyother suggestions.
Click to expand...

You're not doing something correctly. We have no problem keeping the
students in our school from making those kinds of changes. I suggest you
look into using Group Policy, post questions about Group Policy in its
newsgroup, and/or look at something like DeepFreeze.


Malke
 
where in the policys are you finding the ability to lock desktop from the
changes I spoke about. The school has a tight budget and would not be
willing to purchase additional software, especially if it can be done through
a policy
 
Back
Top