User access control

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I am running windows xp pro and i set up a new user account to be used
exclusively for remote desktop. i want to be able to disable icons on the
desktop, right click, start menu and taskbar and have 1 program load when
logged on to and stay on after disconnecting from. i have heard to used
gpedit.msc but i am not sure about how to get the seetings i apply through
admin templates under user config in gpedit.msc to work only with the one
user account.

does anyone know how to do this...thanks.
 
To have a single program replace the desktop in entirety so there is no
startmenu or taskbar, you need to change the Shell entry (normally
explorer.exe) in the Winlogon registry key. This does however apply to all
users as it's an HKLM key, if you want it to apply to only one account then I
think this would involve a small amount of programming.

There are one or two other loopholes you need to plug, for example crafty
users can launch a program by opening taskmanager from a hotkey.
 
i dont really want a whole program to replace the desktop...i just dont want
them to have access to anything but the 1 program
 
Justin said:
i dont really want a whole program to replace the desktop...i just dont want
them to have access to anything but the 1 program
Click to expand...

In that case, software policies will allow you to determine which programs
can be run. Bear in mind that the list is literal, if you don't include
notepad for example... then you can't run notepad. That also goes for the
policy editor!
 
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