Deploying windows and Outlook and some questions..??

[Ron]

I've got a few questions.

I am deploying windows xp and it is with office 2003.

I do not want people to be able to change backgrounds or colors in
windows XP. So I want to disable all tabs except for the resolution
tab in windosx xp....how do I do this? And will this also disallow
people from right clicking a picture and doing a set as background?

For outlook 2003. We have an exchange server, and rather than going
around to every machine when a new person logs in, I want them to be
able to just login open up Outlook 2003, the program can either ask
them for their last name or just automatically setup for their email
account using their login credentials. Any idea how I would do
this?

thanks.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Windows XP question:
* Start your group policy editor (local or domain) and drill to User
Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Display. (Not
sure about the right click set as background. Should really ask this
question in a Windows XP group.)


Outlook 2003:
This entirely depends on you but this can be accomplished by using the
Custom Install Wizard (CIW) and specify profile settings, going 3rd party
for a profile generator, or rolling your own solution that is called in
logon scripts.

 

[Ron]

ALSO, I have entered the product key and activated office 2003. If I
do a sysprep and ghost this image to other machines, will that be OK?

 

[Ron]

How do I start the group policy editor?

Windows XP question:
* Start your group policy editor (local or domain) and drill to User
Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Display. (Not
sure about the right click set as background. Should really ask this
question in a Windows XP group.)

Outlook 2003:
This entirely depends on you but this can be accomplished by using the
Custom Install Wizard (CIW) and specify profile settings, going 3rd party
for a profile generator, or rolling your own solution that is called in
logon scripts.