Modifying Non-Admin Users

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My niece and nephew would like to use my computer when
the come over to my house. With that in mind, I added
both of them as seperate users with there own passwords.
What I would like to do and have yet to be successful at
is to modify the shortcuts, programs and other features
that are now available to each of them. When I added them
as users, my desktop was duplicated for each. Now, I
would like to delete many of the shortcuts on there
desktop along with restricting there access to programs
and other functions. Is there a simple way in which I can
pick and choose what programs they have access to and how
can I delete the shortcuts that are on each desktop? Any
help would be appreciated. Thank You, JAD
 
JAD said:
My niece and nephew would like to use my computer when
the come over to my house. With that in mind, I added
both of them as seperate users with there own passwords.
What I would like to do and have yet to be successful at
is to modify the shortcuts, programs and other features
that are now available to each of them. When I added them
as users, my desktop was duplicated for each. Now, I
would like to delete many of the shortcuts on there
desktop along with restricting there access to programs
and other functions. Is there a simple way in which I can
pick and choose what programs they have access to and how
can I delete the shortcuts that are on each desktop? Any
help would be appreciated. Thank You, JAD
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Log in as them and delete the shortcuts.
C:\documents and settings\usernames are the place to look.

All Users in Documents and Settings applies to all users.
The individual names apply to the individual accounts.
 
I had to do something like this recently also. I have
discovered that many of the things on the "desktop" as
well as the "start menu" and the "all programs menu" get
placed into the "all users" section of "documents and
settings" when this happens, then (as should be obvious
now) "all users" get all of those things.

What I did was go into Windows Explorer, navigate
two "documents and settings" and found the "desktop"
folder for "all users". I then moved these items out of
the desktop of "all users" and put it into my desktop
folder. All of these things disappeared from the other
users.

By the way, most programs seem to "understand" Windows XP
and its security permissions when they install. They make
it so that these non-administrator users can actually
access the programs.

However, I had one program which said that you must be an
administrator in order to even run it. I was able to get
around this problem by installing it into the "shared
documents" folder. This is a folder where everyone can
share with other users of the same computer. So, I
modified the installation directory to go there, and now
non-administrators can use this program.

Secondly, you might look at the "default user" area in
Windows Explorer also. This is the location from which
new user information is copied when a new user is
created. If you're programs are in this folder, new users
will get all of those items.
 
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