Terminal services app mode...can I restrict/lock down one single user?

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Devin

Hi All,

Currently I have a client that is running Small Business Server 2000
(SBS2000). The server has Terminal server running on it in Application
Mode. Since it is a SBS install the Terminal Server is also on the
Domain Controller. A few users have the right to log on locally, and
they log on to the server to do work remotely.

Now I have to add one more user to be able to log on remotely and
work. This user only needs 1 program, which I placed an icon to on the
desktop. She is bad with computers and I do not want the server
destroyed. So I need to find a way to lock down the terminal server
session so she can really only just run this program. Here are the
details though:

-Terminal Server runs on the Domain controller
-The administrator and the other users must have full control like
they do now
-only this ONE single user needs to be restricted
-The single user needs full control on her regular desktop...only
restricted in terminal services.

Everything I read points me to Knowledgebase articles 231287,260370,
and 278295. The problem is I do not know group policy all that well.
But I get the idea that a new OU is made and the server running TS in
put into it. That computer is the object to which Group Policy is
applied. The problem is I think it will then effect everyone who logs
on to Terminal services. I only need this one single user restricted.
Admins and the other users still need full access. I also can not mess
up the users (any of them) on their normal workstations.

Is there any way I can limit the TS access of one user while still
preserving the other users and the regualar workstation access. I have
never worked with Group Policy a lot but I cant think of how to do
this and only effect one user.

Thanks very much for your help! :)
 
Configure Terminal Services Client of this particular user to 'Start the
Following Program'. It replaces the default shell (explorer.exe) with this
program during the session. If the user is smart enough, you configure it on
user's TerminalServices tab in AD and override user's settings.
 
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