How Lock Down Desktop

[Mike Fox]

I live in a retirement home where there's a computer room for the
residents. I'm one of three with administrator privileges. We have
several user groups with limited privileges, but this doesn't stop
the litte 'dears' from always changing the desktop icons around and
making everybody else mad. Is there a way to lock down the desktop
so that the only thing the 'dears' will be able to do is launch
applcations, , e.g. Internet Explorer, games, email browser?

We're running Win XP Pro.

Thanks

Mike

 

[Jon]

Create individual accounts. Each will have their own desktop.


Jon

 

[Guest]

Open control-panel,display,advanced,web,chk the box "lock desktop" then
close out.

 

[Mike Fox]

In Control-pannel/Display only two tabs give the 'advanced'
options--settings and appearence. 'Settings' gives me access to my
video card and 'appearence' opens to 'advanced appearence' where
'desk top' is selected. 'Web is not one of the choices. What am I
doing wrong?

Thanks

Mike

 

[Steve N.]

Create individual accounts. Each will have their own desktop.


Jon

But that will just ruin all the fun the little dears are having

Steve

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Windows XP Security Console.

 

[NobodyMan]

They left out a couple of steps:

In Display properties, go to the Desktop tab, and click the Cutomize
Desktop" button.

In the Desktop Items dialog box, go to the Web tab. Near the bottom
of that dialog, you'll see the check tox they were referring to.

 

[Mike Fox]

Not to mention having to create about 30 individual accounts.

Mike

 

[Mike Fox]

Thank you everybody.

Mike

They left out a couple of steps:

In Display properties, go to the Desktop tab, and click the Cutomize
Desktop" button.

In the Desktop Items dialog box, go to the Web tab. Near the bottom
of that dialog, you'll see the check tox they were referring to.

 

[Kevin Brunt (Fat B@stard)!!]

Hey Jon,

There must be 150 residents and only one PC for them so how do you create 150 different user accounts? The only way round i can think of of to let the dear ones play with the PCs so that they don't regret before dying that they did not experience fully uncle Bill's software!.

Kev