RDC at logon/lock down desktop

[Guest]

I have a network with Windows 2000 Server/Terminal Services server and w2k/xp clients running Remote Desktop Connection. I would like to setup some workstations so that when the user logs in to the network it runs Remote Desktop Connection automaticaly and the PC is "locked down". In other words they run RDC to connect to the Terminal Server to run apps but they cannot access thier local desktop or run apps locally. Can this possibly be done using RDC as the Windows Shell? Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Jordan]

I would guess that you could set the system policies to only allow RD to
run. If not, you could put a batch file in the start up group or in the Run
registry key

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Start /wait C:\SomeDirectory\Default.rdp
Shutdown -l
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This will start a saved RD configuration and wait til it is done, then
logoff the user.

I have a network with Windows 2000 Server/Terminal Services server and

w2k/xp clients running Remote Desktop Connection. I would like to setup some
workstations so that when the user logs in to the network it runs Remote
Desktop Connection automaticaly and the PC is "locked down". In other words
they run RDC to connect to the Terminal Server to run apps but they cannot
access thier local desktop or run apps locally. Can this possibly be done
using RDC as the Windows Shell? Any and all help would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response. I thought about setting the group policy but thought it would be tedious to lock down the entire computer. I was hoping I could just change the shell similarly to windows 95/98 shell= setting in the system.ini

I will experiment with the batch file/login script concept. This may acheive the reults I need