user desktops

[steve]

Hello, our computer is set up on a network, Our IT dept. told us to log on,
log off, and then log on again and that woould allow each person that logs on
to have control of there own desktop. There are some files that we need to
all have access to so I put a shortcut to that file in the C:\doc-settings
all users desktop folder, and it worked fine everyone had access to it. but
then someone decided they did not want it on there desktop so they deleted
the shortcut and when they did it took it from all the other users desktops
also. I thought each persons desktop was there own. or do I have something
seeeeet wrong.

 

[VanguardLH]

Hello, our computer is set up on a network, Our IT dept. told us to log on,
log off, and then log on again and that woould allow each person that logs on
to have control of there own desktop. There are some files that we need to
all have access to so I put a shortcut to that file in the C:\doc-settings
all users desktop folder, and it worked fine everyone had access to it. but
then someone decided they did not want it on there desktop so they deleted
the shortcut and when they did it took it from all the other users desktops
also. I thought each persons desktop was there own. or do I have something
seeeeet wrong.

No, you put it under the All Users profile. That means the shortcut was
*shared* by all user accounts but they were all sharing the shortcut
under the All Users account. Obviously this user had admin privileges
instead of a restricted user account which means you let that user do
whatever they want in any account they want. If you don't want users to
be admins to do whatever they want, give them restricted accounts. I
would suggest, however, that you make at least one backup account with
admin privileges rather than relying on just the Administrator account;
however, only someone with admin privileges should know the login
credentials for that backup admin-level account.

Each person's desktop *is* their own. That is NOT from where the
shortcut got deleted. It got deleted under the All Users account (in
its profile path). Remember that an admin can do anything, include
shoot themself in their foot.

 

[Ken]

No, you put it under the All Users profile. That means the shortcut was
*shared* by all user accounts but they were all sharing the shortcut
under the All Users account. Obviously this user had admin privileges
instead of a restricted user account which means you let that user do
whatever they want in any account they want. If you don't want users to
be admins to do whatever they want, give them restricted accounts. I
would suggest, however, that you make at least one backup account with
admin privileges rather than relying on just the Administrator account;
however, only someone with admin privileges should know the login
credentials for that backup admin-level account.

Each person's desktop *is* their own. That is NOT from where the
shortcut got deleted. It got deleted under the All Users account (in
its profile path). Remember that an admin can do anything, include
shoot themself in their foot.

Is there a way to remove programs from "all user" access and
add to a specific user's access without having to remove and
reinstall the programs?

 

[VanguardLH]

Is there a way to remove programs from "all user" access and
add to a specific user's access without having to remove and
reinstall the programs?

If you are only asking about the shortcuts, I'd just open the folder
under the All Users profile path, cut the shortcuts, and paste them in a
folder under my profile. That only handles the shortcuts. The program
may be configured with permissions to run for all users (Everyone
account) rather than just for a specific account, so moving the
shortcuts does nothing regarding who could use Windows Explorer or Start
-> Run to run the program.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is there a way to remove programs from "all user" access and
add to a specific user's access without having to remove and
reinstall the programs?

Copy/Paste.